Fine Roll C 60/30, 15 HENRY III (1230–1231)

Membrane 9

Fines from the fifteenth year of King Henry, son of King John.

1

28 Oct.
Portsmouth. For Nicholas de Neville. By the fine of £20 that Nicholas de Neville made with the king, for which he has given the king
surety by Henry of Audley, Hugh
Despenser, Godfrey of Crowcombe and Thomas of Hengrave, the king has granted him the custody of the land
with appurtenances formerly of John of Meppershall, with the custody and
marriage of the John’s heirs. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause Nicholas to have full seisin of
the aforesaid land and of the same heirs, as
aforesaid.1

1.

Henceforth, unless otherwise stated, all writs are once again
attested by the king, he having returned from Brittany. The heading of this roll
appears to date to the early fourteenth century.

2a

For Aymer de
St. Amand. The king has taken the homage of Aymer de St. Amand for the lands which Ralph de Verdun, his
kinsman, whose heir he is and who
died in parts overseas with the king, held of the king in chief in England and which
fall to Aymer by inheritance, and the king has
pardoned him his relief for the same lands. Order to the sheriff of Kent
to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same Ralph in his
bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

2b

For Aymer de
St. Amand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and
Oxfordshire
.

3

For Peter de Maulay. The king has given Peter de Maulay respite from the
debts that are exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer until the octaves of Hilary in the fifteenth year. Order to
the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have
that respite.

4

For Gilbert of
Preston. Gilbert, son and heir of Walter of Preston, has made fine with the king by 100s.
for his relief
for having his lands which Walter, his father,
held from the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary right, and the
king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having accepted security from
Gilbert for the aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all
aforesaid lands. By S. of Seagrave.

5

28 Oct.
Portsmouth. For Robert de Muscegros. To the sheriff of Somerset
and Dorset. The king has granted to his beloved and faithful Robert de Muscegros that, of the fine he made with him by rendering 100 m. per annum at two terms until he
has rendered all debts to the king that he owes, he
may henceforth render 50 m. until all debts that he owes are paid at the Exchequer,
namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 25 m. at the Exchequer of
Easter. Order to permit this to be done thus. If he caused his livestock to be taken by the aforesaid reason, he is to cause it
to be delivered without delay.

6

For Robert de Muscegros. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Gloucestershire.

7

[No date].
Memorandum. For Stephen of Seagrave. Stephen of Seagrave has made fine with the king by £100 for having the marriage1 of
Emma de Caux, who was the wife of John of Seagrave
, in order to marry her to whoever he and his heirs or assigns will wish without
disparagement, and for having custody of Emma’s lands for
as long as she ought to be in custody according to the law of the
land.2

1.

Corrected from ‘… the custody and
marriage of …’

2.

This entry appears to be a later memorandum, being tightly squeezed
between the surrounding entries.

8

[No date].
For Hugh
Despenser. Hugh Despenser has made fine with the king
by 50 m.1
for having custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Savage2 and their marriages. Order to the
sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Hugh to have full seisin of
all lands and tenements formerly of the same Geoffrey, of which he was seised on the
day he died. Order, in the same manner, to the sheriffs of Staffordshire,
Nottinghamshire
,
Derbyshire
and Warwickshire
and Leicestershire.

1.

Corrected from ‘60 m.’

2.

‘…with all lands and tenements
pertaining to the heirs by inheritance’ crossed through and replaced by what
follows.

9

For the bailiffs of the
bishop of Winchester. The king has given respite, until the Purification
of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, to the bailiffs of P. bishop of Winchester from the amercements and other things
concerning which dispute has arisen before the barons
of the Exchequer. Order to the same
barons to permit them to have peace in the meantime.

10

For Thomas
Testard. Thomas Testard, brother and heir of
Robert Testard, has made fine
with the king by 100s. for his relief
for having the lands formerly of Robert, his
brother, which fall to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that, having accepted security from Thomas for the
aforesaid 100s., he is to cause him to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid
lands, of which Robert was seised on the day he died.

11

3 Nov.
Chawton. For John of
Cawood. John, son of John of Cawood, has made fine with the king by 10 m.
for having seisin of the lands formerly of the
aforesaid John, his father, which fall to the same John by hereditary right,
with the bailiwick of the king’s forest which John, his father, held of the king in chief
in Ouse and Derwent, for which the king
has taken his homage. Order to Brian de Lisle to cause John to have full
seisin of all of the aforesaid lands formerly of John, his father, of which he was
seised on the day he died, with the aforesaid bailiwick.

12

4 Nov.
Guildford. For Hugh
Despenser. Hugh Despenser has made fine with the king
by 50 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Geoffrey Savage, who had
Hugh’s daughter to
wife, and for having the marriage of the same heirs with the marriage of his
same daughter. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire that, having accepted security from Hugh
for rendering the aforesaid 50 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin without
delay of all land formerly of Geoffrey in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on
the day he died, with the heirs of the aforesaid
Geoffrey.

13

For Hugh
Despenser. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, except for accepting security.

14

6 Nov.
Westminster. Ireland. For Walter de Lacy. The king has granted to Walter de Lacy that, of the debts he
owes him, for which he made fine with him to render
400 m. per annum at the Exchequer of
Dublin, he may render 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer in England,
namely 100 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year, 100 m. at Michaelmas in the same
year, and thus from year to year.1
Order to R. de
Burgh, justiciar of Ireland, not to distrain Walter henceforth for the
aforesaid debts. He is also to signify the king under his seal and the seals of the barons
of Dublin how much of the aforesaid debts W. has rendered at the Exchequer of
Dublin.

1.

Terms interlined in a different
hand.

15

Ireland. For Walter de Lacy.
Order to the barons of
the Exchequer that since the king has granted to Walter de Lacy that he may render 200 m. per annum at the Exchequer in England at the terms as above of the debts he owed him, for which he made fine to render 400 m. per annum at the Exchequer of Dublin, they are to cause this
to be enrolled thus
.

16

Concerning the manor of Kettleburgh. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take the
manor of Kettleburgh, which Bertam de
Criel holds by bail of the king, into the king’s hand and to keep
it safely until the king orders otherwise.

17

[No date].
Devon. Hugh de Bollay
has fallen into [the king’s] mercy for disseisin and is amerced at 10 m. before Jordan Oliver and his associates, justices assigned
to take the assize of novel disseisin between the
abbot of
Dunkeswell
, claimant, and the aforesaid Hugh, concerning a tenement in
Sheldon.

18

6 Nov.
Westminster. For H. de Burgh,
concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the
earl of Gloucester
,
William d’Avranches
and
Nigel de Mowbray
.
H. de
Burgh, earl of Kent and justiciar of
England
, has made fine with the king by 7000 m. for
having custody of the lands formerly of G. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and
Hertford, until the earl’s heirs come of age, with the custody and
marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to cause the justiciar to have
full seisin of all lands formerly of the same earl in his bailiwick, as
aforesaid.1
Memorandum
that he will pay 2000 m. of the aforesaid 7000 m. cash down, then 500 m. at Easter
in the fifteenth year, 500 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to
year at the same terms until he has rendered the aforesaid 7000 m. in
full.

1.

The accompanying memorandum appears to be a later
insertion.

19

For H. de Burgh,
concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the
earl of Gloucester
,
William d’Avranches
and
Nigel de Mowbray
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset,
Warwickshire
,
Oxfordshire
,
Worcestershire
,
Lincolnshire
,
Wiltshire
,
Berkshire
, Norfolk and Suffolk,
Buckinghamshire
, Essex and Hertfordshire,
Cambridgeshire
,
Northamptonshire
, Surrey and Sussex,
Gloucestershire
and
Hampshire
.

20

For H. de Burgh,
concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the
earl of Gloucester
,
William d’Avranches
and
Nigel de Mowbray
. The same H. de Burgh has
made fine with the king by 500 m. for having the custody
of the lands formerly of William d’Avranches until his heirs come of age, with the custody
and marriage of the same heirs. Order to the
sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause him to have full seisin of all
lands formerly of the same William, as aforesaid.

21

For H. de Burgh,
concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the
earl of Gloucester
,
William d’Avranches
and
Nigel de Mowbray
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Kent,
Hertfordshire
and
Berkshire
.

22

[No date].
For H. de Burgh,
concerning the custodies of the lands and heirs of the
earl of Gloucester
,
William d’Avranches
and
Nigel de Mowbray
. The same has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having custody of the land and heir of Nigel de Mowbray until the heir comes of age, with the
marriage of the same, as is more fully contained in the last Close Roll, namely of the fourteenth year.1

1.

CR 1227–31, p. 441.

23

Concerning respite of a
demand. The king has given respite to Ralph of Earlham, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, from the
4 m. which he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to to cause him to have that respite.

24

For Robert de Gournay. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Gournay for the lands formerly of Maurice de Gant,
which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the
sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from him for the
£100 by which he made fine with the king for his relief, he is to cause Robert to have full seisin of the lands which Maurice
had in his bailiwick, to which he is the nearest heir, having retained the manors of Pawlett and Weare in
the king’s hand, concerning which dispute has arisen before the king as to who is the
nearest heir.

25

10 Nov.
Lambeth. For Robert de Gournay. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause the same Robert to have full seisin of the lands which
the same Maurice had in his
bailiwick, to which Robert is the nearest heir, excepting the manors of Beverstone, Weston,
Redwick, Over and Elberton,
which the king’s beloved etc. H. de
Burgh etc. holds by bail of the king in gage for
the debts that Maurice owed him.

26

For Robert de Gournay. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause
the same Robert to have seisin etc. of
the lands which the same Maurice had in
his bailiwick, to which Robert is the nearest heir.

27

For Gilbert
Basset. The king has taken the homage of Gilbert Basset, brother and heir of Thomas Basset, for the
manor of Kirtlington
which Thomas held of the king in chief and which falls to Gilbert by hereditary
right. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause Gilbert to have full
seisin.

28

For Nicholas son of
Roger. The king has taken the homage of Nicholas son of Roger for the land formerly
of Roger son of Nicholas, his
father, which falls to him by hereditary right and of which Roger was
seised as of fee on the day he died. Order to the
sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from
Roger for the 100s. to the king’s use by which he made fine with the king for his
relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin
of the land formerly of Roger, his father, in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

29

For Richard
Duket. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to cause the demand for £40 6s. 8d. which Richard Duket owes the king and which is exacted
from him by summons of the Exchequer to be placed
in respite until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

30

Concerning collecting the
scutage of Poitou to the
king’s use. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to have at the Exchequer on the morrow of St.
Andrew in the fifteenth year the scutage from all knights’ fees that are held of the king in chief, namely 3 m. per
shield for the king’s army of Poitou
after his first crossing, concerning which the king did not order him to cause those
who hold those fees in chief to have their scutage, or concerning which he did not
receive another order from the king, so that he has his warrant.1

1.

The meaning of
this warrant clause is obscure. It might mean that he has his warrant for not
collecting the scutage.

31

10 Nov.
Westminster. For Henry de Heliun. The king has granted to Henry de Heliun that he and his heirs may henceforth hold from
the king and his heirs the
manor of Easingwold
with appurtenances, which he had granted
to him to hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs by rendering 100s. per
annum, by rendering 5 m. each year to the king and his heirs by their hands at
the Exchequer at two terms, namely a moiety at Michaelmas and the other moiety at
Easter, as is more fully contained in the charter
that the king caused to be made for him. Order to the
barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be
done and enrolled thus.

32

Concerning the bailiwick of
the High Peak committed to B. de Lisle. The king has committed the bailiwick of the High Peak to B. de Lisle to keep for as
long as it pleases the king by rendering £100 each year at the Exchequer. And £30 for
the
manor of Ashford
, which
Margaret, who was the wife of
Gwenwynwyn
, holds, ought not be allowed to the same B. in those £100, or 20s. likewise from
a messuage and twelve acres of land with
appurtenances in Bistalleg’ and
Ashop, which the nuns of
Derby
hold of the king’s gift, or any money for the pasture of Fairfield and
Mainstone. Order to the barons of the Exchequer
to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

33

[No date].
Suffolk. Hugh de Munchesney gives the king half a mark for having a pone against Anselm of Eleigh and Robert Priest, concerning tenements in Eleigh and elsewhere. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk etc.

34

[No date].
Kent. Hugh de Sancto Germano gives half a mark for having a writ of warranty against Nicholas de Sancto Germano, concerning a
tenement in Sundries.

Membrane 8

[No date].
Lincolnshire. Christiana of Wyham gives half
a mark for attainting the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin taken at Lincoln against Jordan Champion, concerning pasture
in Wyham. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

36

14 Nov.
Windsor. For Robert de Muscegros. The king has granted to Robert de Muscegros that, of the debts he owes him, for which he made fine
with him to render 100 m. per annum, he may henceforth render 50 m. per annum,
namely 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 25 m. at the Exchequer of
Michaelmas. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus.

37

21 Nov.
Westminster. For Robert of Everingham. Robert of Everingham and Isabella, his wife, sister and heiress of Thomas of Birkin, have made fine with the king by 200 m.
for having seisin of all lands formerly of Thomas
which fall to Isabella by hereditary right, and of which Thomas was seised as of fee
on the day he died, and for having the bailiwick of the king’s forest of Sherwood as Thomas had on the day he died,
and the king has taken Robert’s homage for it.
Of which 200 m. he is to render 50 m. to the king at
the Exchequer at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year, 50 m.
at Easter next following in the same year, 50 m. at the Nativity of St. John the
Baptist next following in the same year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas next following in
the same year. Order to Robert of Lexington that, having accepted security from them for
rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the Exchequer at the aforesaid terms,
he is to cause them to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Thomas which are in
his custody and which fall to Isabella by hereditary right, and of which Thomas was
seised as of fee on the day he died, as aforesaid. He is also to cause
Brian
de Lisle
to know by his letters when he has accepted
security from Robert and Isabella for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king, as
aforesaid, to whom the king has commanded by his letters that when he will cause him
to know this, he is to cause them to have full seisin of the bailiwick of the king’s
forest of Sherwood as Thomas had it on the day he died.

38

For Robert of Everingham. Order to B. de Lisle that when Robert of Lexington causes him to know etc. as
above, then he is to cause the same Robert to have full seisin, as aforesaid, of the
bailiwick of the aforesaid forest.

39

For Richard de
Scrupes. The king has taken the homage of Richard de Scrupes, son and heir of Henry de Scrupes, for the three
knights’ fees which Henry held of the king in chief and which fall to him by
hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from
Richard for £15 to the king’s use for his relief,
then he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of Henry in his
bailiwick on the day he died, which fall to him by hereditary right.

40

24 Nov.
Westminster. Concerning land to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire1
to take into the king’s hand the land that Bertram de Criel held by bail of
the king in Moulsford, and to keep it
safely with all chattels found therein until the
king orders otherwise.

1.

Corrected from ‘
Nottinghamshire
’.

41

For William
Longespée, concerning the lands formerly of Nicolaa de la
Haye. The king has taken the homage of William Longespée for the lands that Nicolaa de la
Haye held in dower
in Charlton and Henstridge of the
honour of Camel
, which fall to Idonea,
wife of the same William, daughter and heiress of Richard de Camville, by hereditary right, and which
William and Idonea ought to held of the king in chief by the service of two knights. Order to
the sheriff of Somerset to cause William and Idonea to have full seisin
of the aforesaid lands with appurtenances without delay.

42

For William
Longespée, concerning the lands formerly of Nicolaa de la
Haye. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause them to have full seisin without
delay of all lands and fees which the same Nicolaa held of the king in chief and which
fall to the same Idonea by hereditary right.1 By the king’s letters under the privy seal and by letters of the justiciar.

1.

This entry is another later
insertion, being crammed in between surrounding entries on the membrane. For an
attached schedule of Nicolaa’s Lincolnshire knights’
fees, see 72
below.

43

For Robert de
Gournay. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Gournay for the lands formerly of Maurice de Gant, his
uncle, which fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause him
to have full seisin without delay of the
manor of Pawlett
with appurtenances in his bailiwick.

44

26 Nov.
Westminster. For Stephen of Seagrave. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to his beloved and faithful Stephen of Seagrave the £100 by which he made fine with him for having the marriage of Emma, daughter of Roger de
Caux. Order to cause him to be quit of
this.

45

[No date].
To the sheriff of Essex. Instruction
(Precipe) to Hamo le
Enveise to warrant, justly and without delay, to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Isabella, his wife, two carucates of land with
appurtenances in Colne, three carucates of
land with appurtenances in Layer and
ten marcates of rent with appurtenances in
Woodham, which he holds and they
claim to hold from him and for which they have his charter, as they say, and unless he will do this and Thomas and
Isabella will give the sheriff surety to prosecute their claim, then he is to summon Hamo by good summoners to be before the king’s
justices at Westminster at Easter in
15 days, ready to show why he will not do this, and the sheriff is to have etc. and is
to take security from Thomas and Isabella for half a mark to the king’s
use.1

1.

Entry cancelled.

46

[No date].
Essex. Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Isabella, his wife, give half a mark for having a precipe against
Hamo le Enveise. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to take.1

1.

This entry
appears to have been added in light of the cancellation of the previous entry, being
crammed between other entries.

47

2 Dec. Westminster. Essex. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to place in respite, until
Hilary in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes from Baldwin de Redvers by order of the king for the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Witness J.
bishop of Bath.

48

Huntingdonshire. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

49

2 Nov. Winchester. Concerning the manor of Awre. The king has granted to W. earl Marshal, earl of Pembroke, for himself and
his heirs, that if he can commit the manor of Awre to him
without other injury, he and his heirs may have
and hold it forever at fee farm from the king and his heirs by the ancient and
due farm and by 100s. each year of increment, so that the aforesaid farm and the
100s. of increment will be allowed to the earl in the £50 which he was accustomed to
receive at the Exchequer each year for the manor of Bassingbourn, which he surrendered to the king to the use of
P. duke
of Brittany and earl of Richmond
. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to cause the Earl Marshal to have full
seisin of the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid.1 Witness the king. By the king’s letters from
overseas.

1.

Henceforth, all writs are
witnessed by the king again unless otherwise stated.

50

For Richard de
Luvetot. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that if he establishes by an inquisition that Richard de Luvetot, who says he is the nearest heir of
Rose de Luvetot, is her nearest heir,
then, having accepted security from him for
rendering his relief, he is to cause him to have
full seisin of however much of the land to which the sheriff will establish he is
the nearest heir of Rose.1

1.

‘… and which she held in chief of the king’ is
crossed through.

51

2 Dec. Westminster. Because otherwise below.
Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit the bishop of Rochester to have peace until Hilary in the fifteenth
year from the demand he makes from him for scutage for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing
.1 Witness H. de
Burgh etc.

Because otherwise below. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire,
Gloucestershire
,
Suffolk
and
Cambridgeshire
.1

1.

Entry cancelled.

53

For Walter of Clifford. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire that, by reason of the order made to him to make distraint
for scutage for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, to be rendered to the
king on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fifteenth year, he is not to distrain
Walter of Clifford to render scutage to the king, except from
the fees he holds of the king in chief in his
bailiwick, unless he has another command. Witness as above.

54

For Walter of Clifford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Gloucestershire
,
Wiltshire
,
Berkshire
,
Oxfordshire
and
Herefordshire
.

55

For the bishop of Rochester. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that, notwithstanding the king’s order to him for
collecting his scutage for the army of Poitou after the first crossing and rendering it at
the Exchequer on the morrow of St. Andrew, he is to
supersede making distraint from the bishop of Rochester for the same scutage until Epiphany in the
fifteenth year. Witness as above.

56

For the bishop of Rochester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Warwickshire
,
Gloucestershire
,
Cambridgeshire
and
Kent
.

57

2 Dec. Westminster. For William de Beauchamp. William de Beauchamp has made fine with the king for the scutages of Kerry
and
Portsmouth
at the king’s first crossing, which he owes him by reason of the custody of the land of Robert
d’Aubigny, by
rendering £10 per annum at the Exchequer at the terms
he has for other debts, for which he last made fine before the barons of the Exchequer.
Order to the barons to cause this to be done and
enrolled thus. Witness J.
bishop of Bath.

58

[No date].
For Henry de Longchamp. Henry de Longchamp gives the king 50 m. for having to wife
Joan, who was the wife of Thomas of Birkin
. The constable of Chester is his pledge for rendering that fine.

59

Concerning not distraining any
others for the scutage of Poitou than hold fees from
the king in chief. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order that, notwithstanding the king’s
order made to him to distrain all fees which are held of him in chief for the scutage of Poitou after
the king’s first crossing, concerning which he did not order him to cause those who
hold those fees in chief to have that scutage, nor concerning which did he receive
another command from the king, so that he has his warrant,1 he is not to distrain anyone save those who hold the said fees
from the king in chief, and he is not to omit to distrain them so that the king will
have the said scutage, namely 3 m. per shield for his aforesaid army. Witness as
above.

1.

The meaning of this
warrant clause is obscure. It might mean that he has his warrant for not collecting
the scutage.

60

Concerning not distraining any
others for the scutage of Poitou than hold fees from
the king in chief. It is written in the same manner to all of the sheriffs of England, save for the sheriffs of Cornwall and
Northumberland
.

61

[No date].
Suffolk. William, son of William of Bramford, and Robert and Simon,1 his brothers, give half a mark
for having a pone,
concerning a tenement in Sprowston. Order to
the sheriff of Suffolk etc.

1.

‘John’ underscored.

62

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

63

7 Dec. Westminster. Concerning the manor of Duddington, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the king’s hand the manor of Duddington, which Nicolaa de la Haye
held by bail of the king, and to keep it safely
until the king orders otherwise. Witness J.
bishop of Bath. By the king’s letters under the privy seal.

64

13 Dec. Westminster. For the Earl Warenne. The king has granted to W. earl
Warenne that he may cause the scutage from the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief to be collected by his
hand, namely 3 m. per shield after (sic.) the army of Poitou after his first crossing, and he is to answer by his hand at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary.
Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to collect the aforesaid
scutage thus, and if he has taken anything, he is to cause it to be rendered to him
without delay. Witness J.
bishop of Bath.

65

For the Earl Warenne. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Essex,
Lincolnshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Oxfordshire
, Norfolk and Suffolk,
Buckinghamshire
,
Surrey
, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire,
Yorkshire
, and
Sussex
.

66

15 Dec. Westminster. Concerning not making distraint
in the demesne lands or fees of bishops or abbots etc. for the scutage of Poitou. Order to the sheriff of
Kent not to cause, or permit to be
caused, any distraint to be made in the demesne
lands or fees of the archbishop of Canterbury or of his suffragan bishops in his bailiwick
for rendering to the king the scutage of Poitou after the king’s first crossing, until 15
days after Hilary in the fifteenth year. The same order to the same sheriff
concerning the demesne lands and fees of the abbots, priors, abbesses and other
religious men in the aforesaid archbishopric and bishoprics. Witness J. Marshal. By letters of the justiciar.

67

Concerning not making distraint
in the demesne lands or fees of bishops or abbots etc. for the scutage of Poitou. It is written in the same manner to all sheriffs of England, except for the sheriffs of Cornwall and
Northumberland
,
Yorkshire
,
Lancaster
,
Cumberland
and
Westmorland
.

68

20 Dec. Westminster. Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. Robert Grelley, who held of the king in
chief, is dead. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand all lands that
Robert held in his bailiwick and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed
until the king orders otherwise. Witness W.
bishop of Carlisle. By writ of the king under the privy seal.

69

Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lancaster and
Yorkshire
.1

1.

‘
Lincolnshire
’ cancelled by expunction.

70

Westminster. For the son and
heir of Hugh of Boxted. Hugh of Boxted, who held of the king in chief, is dead. Hugh, his son and heir, has, as is
said, been struck down by a most grave sickness, so that he cannot come to the king to
perform his homage. Order to the sheriff of
Essex that, having taken with him
six or four law-worthy and discreet knights of his
county, he is to go in person to the aforesaid Hugh, son and heir of the same Hugh, at
Boxted and take security from him both for the
heir’s fealty to the king’s use for the lands and
tenements in his bailiwick that the same Hugh held of the king in chief, which fall to
the aforesaid son and heir by inheritance, and for rendering his relief to the king, and he is to cause the king to know how many
lands Hugh, father of Hugh, held in chief of the king in his bailiwick and by what
service and how much service pertains to the king. Witness H. de
Burgh etc. as above. By the same justiciar.

71

[No date].
Northumberland. Richard Mautalent gives the king 40s.
for having a writ
that four justices be assigned to take the assize of
novel disseisin which he arraigned against Hugh of Morwick and others,
concerning a tenement in East Chevington.
Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to take etc.

Membrane 8 (schedule)

Nicolaa de la Haye held Swaton of the king in chief for one knight’s fee. In Spanby, half a knight’s
fee. In Billingborough, one knight’s fee.
In Horbling and Dembleby, one knight’s fee. In Newton, one knight’s fee. In Pickworth, one knight’s fee and three parts of a fee. In Houstorp’, one knight’s fee. In Kirkby Underwood, three parts of a fee. In
Ashby and Marston, one-and-a-half knights’ fees. In Willoughby, one knight’s fee. In Faldingworth, Scawby, Ingham, Bullington,
and Kirkby, two knights’ fees. In
Riseholme, one knight’s fee. In Fillingham, one knight’s fee and the fourth part of a
fee. In Ingleby, one knight’s fee. In
Faldingworth, the fourth part of a fee.1

1.

For the accompanying fines, granting
custody of her lands to William
Longespée, see 41 and
42 above.

Membrane 7

27 Dec. Westminster. For the countess of Oxford. The king has granted to Isabella, countess of Oxford, that she may collect, by her hand, her
scutage that she owes him for his army of Poitou
after his first crossing in the fourteenth year, namely 3 m. per shield, so that she answers him by her hand at the
Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to permit her to collect that scutage in
his bailiwick, as aforesaid.1 Witness the
king.

1.

Henceforth, the king is again the witness to all
letters unless otherwise stated.

74

For the countess of Oxford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs
of Suffolk,
Oxfordshire
,
Northamptonshire
, Bedfordshire
and Buckinghamshire and
Essex and Hertfordshire.

75

For Robert fitz
Walter. Robert fitz Walter has similar
letters, concerning collecting his scutage and
answering at Hilary in 15 days, directed to the
sheriffs of Essex and
Hertfordshire,
Cornwall
,
Kent
,
Middlesex
,
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Cambridgeshire
and
Northamptonshire
.

76

For the son and heir of
Richard Gubiun. An inquisition having been taken by the king’s
order by the sheriff of Northamptonshire as to how many lands Richard Gubiun held of the king in chief in his
bailiwick, the king has heard that Richard held two carucates of land from him with
appurtenances in the
suburbs of Northampton
1 by the service of rendering 2s. per
annum at the Exchequer by the hand of the reeves of
Northampton. Because Hugh Gubiun,
son and heir of the aforesaid Richard, has given the king to understand
that he does not owe him anything for his relief of
the aforesaid land save for 16s. 4d. according to the custom of the
borough of Northampton
, order to the same sheriff that, diligent inquisition having been taken to
establish if the aforesaid land is of the liberty of the aforesaid borough of Northampton and that he was not accustomed
to render any relief other than 16s. 4d. to the king’s predecessors, then, having
accepted security from Hugh for the 16s. 4d. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid
land.

1.

Corrected from ‘Northampton’.

77

For John Marshal. John Marshal has made fine with the king by
200 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of Nicholas of Carew
until the heirs come of age, with the marriage of the same heirs. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that,
having accepted security from John for the aforesaid 200 m., he is to cause him to
have full seisin of all lands formerly of Nicholas in his bailiwick with their
appurtenances, of which he was seised on the day he died.

78

For John Marshal. The same John has the letters patent.

79

2 Jan.
Windsor. For the archbishop of York and
other religious persons. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to make no
distraint, or permit any to be made, in the demesne lands or fees of the archbishop of York, or
of his suffragan bishops in his bailiwick, for
rendering the scutage of Poitou after the
king’s first crossing by reason of the order the king made to him concerning
the aforesaid scutage, until the king orders otherwise. The same order
concerning the demense lands and fees of the abbots, priors, abbesses and other
religious men in the aforesaid archbishopric and bishoprics.1

1.

Final sentence an
interlineation.

80

For the archbishop of York and
other religious persons. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire
,
Gloucestershire
and
Lincolnshire
.

81

For the archbishop of York and
other religious persons. And to the sheriff of Northumberland for the bishop of Durham.

82

3 Jan.
Windsor. For Thomas
Grelley. The king has taken the homage of Thomas Grelley, son and heir of Robert Grelley, for the lands that
Robert held of the king and that fall to him by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to cause
him to have full seisin without delay of all lands and tenements formerly of Robert
in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died. He is also to inquire diligently by trustworthy and law-worthy men of his
county how many lands Robert held of the king in chief in his bailiwick, by
what service, and whether he held that land in chief as of the king’s crown or as of
the
honour of Lancaster
as an escheat of the king. The inquisition etc.

83

For Thomas
Grelley. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and
Oxfordshire
.

84

For Alan Basset. Alan Basset has made fine with the king by 30
m. for all debts that he owed him at the Exchequer
and that were exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer, so that he is to render £10 of the
aforesaid 30 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year and £10 at Michaelmas in the same
year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus.

85

For Nicholas of Willington. An inquisition having been taken by the king’s
order whether Alexander of Costock held of Nicholas of Willington those two bovates of
land in Willington, which he mortgaged to
Poitevin the Jew
at farm or in fee, the king has heard that
Alexander held that land from Nicholas at farm and never in fee. Order to the justices
assigned to the custody of the Jews that notwithstanding that the aforesaid
Jew has recovered seisin by the king’s order as his pledge, he is to cause Nicholas to have full seisin of the aforesaid
land.

86

For Robert
Savage. The king has granted to Robert Savage that, of the debts he owes him, he may render £10 each year at the
Exchequer, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter in the fifteenth year and 100s.
at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year until
the aforesaid debts are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done
and enrolled thus.

87

4 Jan.
Windsor. For Peter fitz
Herbert. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that notwithstanding the king’s order made to
him to distrain all fees held from the king in chief for rendering
the scutage of Poitou etc. to the king, he is not to distrain the knights or free tenants of Peter fitz
Herbert to render the aforesaid scutage, but [to distrain] the
same Peter for the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief, for which he ought and is accustomed to answer the king at the
Exchequer, and to permit him to have all of the rest.

88

For Peter fitz
Herbert. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire,
Gloucestershire
,
Oxfordshire
, Warwickshire
and Leicestershire,
Herefordshire
,
Hampshire
,
Rutland
,
Yorkshire
,
Berkshire
and
Shropshire
.

89

Concerning the testament
of Robert Grelley. The abbot
of
Vaudey
and the other executors of the testament of Robert
Grelley have mainperned to answer for the chattels formerly of the same Robert for the debts he owed to the king. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk
and Suffolk not to extend his hand
to the chattels formerly of Robert in his bailiwick, but, if he took anything
after Robert’s death, he is to render it to the same executors.

90

Concerning the testament
of Robert Grelley. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lancaster.

91

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in
respite the demand he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from the knights holding of the
earl of Gloucester in his county for the last
scutage of Poitou from the time of King John etc., until the
king orders otherwise.

92

For the bishop of Chichester. The king has granted to the bishop of Chichester, chancellor, that he may collect scutage by
his hand from the lands of Thomas,
son and heir of Duncan de Lacelles, who is in his
custody, which are held of the king in chief in Buckinghamshire, for the army of Poitou after his first crossing, so that he answers by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit him
to collect the aforesaid scutage by his hand, as aforesaid.

93

For the bishop of Chichester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Berkshire,
Surrey
and
Middlesex
.

94

[No date].
Staffordshire.
Hugh, parson of Byfield
, gives half a mark for having a
pone against the prior
of
Ware
, concerning the
manor of High Onn
. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire.

95

7 Jan.
Wallingford. For John Marshal. The king has granted to John Marshal that, of the 200 m. by which he made fine with him for having custody of the lands and heirs of Nicholas of Carew, he may render 50 m. by his hand at
the Exchequer of Easter in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas
in the same year, 50 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the sixteenth year, and 50 m.
at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

96

For Roger de Cressy. The king has taken the homage of Roger de Cressy for the lands that Margaret de Cressy, his mother, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk
and Suffolk to cause him to have
full seisin of all lands formerly of Margaret in his bailiwick, of which she was
seised on the day she died. Further order to cause
diligent inquiry to be taken by the oath of trustworthy and law-worthy men of his
county whether Margaret held the aforesaid land in chief as of the crown and in
the name of barony, or as of escheat, and he is to send etc. the inquisition etc. Memorandum that, the inquisition having been taken, it is clear to the king
that Roger owes him his relief for eleven knights’ fees.1

1.

This memorandum must have been
added later as it follows the witness clause.

97

11 Jan.
Woodstock. For the countess of Salisbury. The king has granted to Ela,
countess of Salisbury, that she may collect, by her hand, the scutage
due to the king from the knights’ fees she holds in
chief, so that she answers at the Exchequer at
the Purification in 15 days, namely 3 m. per shield for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Order to the
sheriff of Dorset and
Somerset to permit the countess
to collect the aforesaid scutage in his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

98

For the countess of Salisbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Wiltshire,
Gloucestershire
,
Surrey
and
Oxfordshire
.

99

11 Jan.
Woodstock. Oxfordshire. Concerning
delivering from prison. John of Nortoft, taken and detained in the king’s prison at Oxford
for trespass of the king’s forest, has
made fine with him by 2 m. for his delivery. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from him for
rendering those 2 m. to the king, and for henceforth not committing an offence in the
king’s forest, he is to deliver him from
prison.

100

15 Jan.
Woodstock. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriffs of
Devon and
Somerset
to place in respite, until the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed
Mary in the fifteenth year, the demand they make from Nicholas de Boleville for the king’s scutage before his first
crossing and the scutage of Poitou after his first crossing.

101

15 Jan.
Woodstock. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from Hugh Graundin, who is in the king’s service in
parts overseas by his order, for the 4 m. by which he was amerced before the justices last itinerant in the county court of Bedfordshire, until he returns from the aforesaid
parts.

102

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the same
to place in respite the demand they make from William Longespée for the debts he owes the king, until the king’s
first arrival in London, so that the king
is certified then for which debts he ought to answer
him.

103

For William
Mauduit. The king has granted to William Mauduit that, of the debt he owes him, for which he had previously made fine with him to render 40 m. per annum, he may
henceforth render 30 m. each year until the aforesaid debt is paid, namely 15 m. at
Easter and 15 m. at Michaelmas. Order to the
barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be
done and enrolled thus.

104

18 Jan.
Woodstock. For the bishop of Ely. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause the
amercements arising from the lands and fees of H. bishop of Ely to be
allowed to the same bishop in the same manner in which his predecessors, bishops of
Ely, were accustomed to be allowed amercements of that kind that arose from the same
lands and fees in the time of the king’s predecessors and in the time of the king
himself, and concerning which there was dispute between his aforesaid predecessors and
the king’s predecessors and the king himself over the aforesaid amercements, until one
month from Easter in the fifteenth year.

105

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place
in respite the demand of 300 m. that he makes from Matthew son of Herbert by summons of the Exchequer, until the morrow of the Purification
in the fifteenth year.

106

For the
daughters of Thomas Squire
. Because it is clear to the king, by an inspection
of a charter of King
John that he made for Thomas
Squire, that he gave him all of the
manor of Tideswell
with appurtenances, to have and hold to him and his heirs from the same king
and his heirs at fee farm, rendering the ancient farm, namely 60s. per annum at Michaelmas, order to the sheriff of Derbyshire that
notwithstanding the commitment that the king made of the
same land to Phillip, his saucer, before the inspection of
the aforesaid charter, he is to cause Joan and Alice, daughters and heiresses of the same
Thomas, to have full seisin of all aforesaid land as of their right.

107

21 Jan.
Oxford. For Richard de Alençon.
The king has granted to Richard de Alençon that, at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year, he may render to the king the 20 m. which he ought to have
rendered at Hilary in the same year
, on condition that he renders the other 20 m. at the aforesaid Exchequer of
Michaelmas due from the same term. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done
and enrolled thus.

108

25 Jan.
Wallingford. For Nicholas de Boleville. The king has granted to Nicholas de Boleville that, of the 60 m.
which he owes him for two scutages, namely the scutage against the king’s first crossing and the scutage of Poitou after his
first crossing, from the fees he holds in
dower of Avice, his wife, of the land formerly of William of Torrington, formerly her husband, he
may render 10 m. to the king per annum, namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter and 5
m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, until the aforesaid debt is paid. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

109

For Simon son
of William. Simon, son and heir of
William son of Odo, has
made fine with the king by 4 m. for his relief of
the lands which William held of the king in chief and which fall to him by hereditary
right. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from him
for rendering those 4 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin without
delay of all lands formerly of William, of which he was seised as of fee on the day
he died and which fall to Simon by inheritance in his bailiwick.

110

[No date].
Devon. The bishop of Exeter gives 5 m. for having a charter concerning a certain
market
and
fair
at his
manor of Crediton
.

111

4 Jan.
Westminster. For Richard de Luvetot. The king has granted Richard de Luvetot that, of the 50 m. by which he made fine with
him for his relief of the land formerly of
Rose de Luvetot, his
mother, whose heir he is, he may
render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer by his hand until the aforesaid 50 m. are
paid, namely 5 m. at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, 5 m. at Easter next following
in the sixteenth year, and thus from year to year at the same terms until the
aforesaid 50 m. are paid in full to the king.1
Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to permit Richard to render the aforesaid
50 m., as aforesaid.

1.

Terms interlined.

112

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

113

[No date].
Lincolnshire. The prior of
Ormsby
gives the king half a mark for
having a pone against William of Benniworth,
concerning acquittance of service. Order to the
sheriff of Lincolnshire etc.

Membrane 6

13 Feb.
Marlborough. For Baldwin de Friville. Baldwin de Friville has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having the custody of the land and heir of Richard de Scalariis, who lately died and who held of the
king in chief by knight service, with the
marriage of the same heir. Order to the
sheriff of Cambridgeshire that, having accepted security from
Baldwin for rendering the aforesaid 200 m. to the king at the four below-written
terms, namely 50 m. at Easter in the fifteenth year,
50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Easter in the sixteenth year, and
50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, then he is to cause him to have full
seisin of all lands formerly of Richard, of which he was seised on the day he
died, with the heir if he will be found in
his bailiwick. Once he has taken the aforesaid security from Baldwin, he is to
cause the sheriff of Hertfordshire to know this by his letters, whom the king has ordered that, once he will cause him
to know this, he is similarly to cause the same B. to have full seisin of all lands
formerly of Richard in his bailiwick.

115

For Baldwin de Friville. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire in the abovesaid form.

116

For Richard
Talbot. The king has taken the homage of Richard Talbot for the lands formerly of Gilbert Talbot, his father, which
fall to him by hereditary right. Order to the
sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from
Richard for rendering his due relief to the king,
he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of
Gilbert, his father, on the day he died, which fall to him by hereditary right in
his bailiwick. He is also to inquire diligently
etc.

117

For the
wife of Matthew son of Herbert
. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place
in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by
summons of the Exchequer from
Joan, who was the wife of Matthew son of Herbert
, who is dead, for the debts that Matthew owed the king, and to cause her livestock taken for this reason to be replevied to her in the
meantime.

118

15 Feb. Marlborough. For John of Monmouth. The king has granted to John of Monmouth that he may collect the scutage due to the king
from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief,
so that he answers at the Exchequer by his hand at
Easter in 15 days, namely 3 m. per shield for the army of Poitou after the king’s first crossing. Order to the
sheriff of Hampshire to permit John to collect the aforesaid scutage
by his hand, as aforesaid. By letters of the justiciar and R. bishop of Chichester.

119

For John of Monmouth. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Herefordshire and
Gloucestershire
.

120

21 Feb.
Marlborough. Concerning the testament
of Richard de Scalariis. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to permit the executors of the testament of Richard de Scalariis to make execution of the same testament freely
and without impediment from all chattels formerly
of Richard in his bailiwick, having first accepted security that they will render to
the king the debt which Richard owed him from the
aforesaid chattels. If anything has been removed from the chattels, he is to cause it
to be rendered to the executors in full.

121

Concerning the testament
of Richard de Scalariis. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hertfordshire.

122

For Herbert
son of Matthew.
Joan, who was the wife of Matthew son of Herbert
, has divested herself before the king of all lands which Matthew and she held
from the king in chief of her inheritance and, upon her demise, the king took the homage of Herbert, son
and heir of Matthew and Joan for all aforesaid lands that they held from
the king in chief of Joan’s inheritance. Order to the
sheriff of Wiltshire to cause Herbert to have full seisin of the
same lands, having accepted security from him for rendering his relief to the king.

123

For Herbert
son of Matthew. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of
Devon.

124

1 March.
Gloucester. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes from
Richard Siward and Phillippa, his wife, by summons of the Exchequer for several debts, until
15 days from Easter in the fifteenth year.

125

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand of 108s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
Margaret, who was the wife of
Gwenwynwyn of Wales
, for the tallage assessed to the king’s use upon the vill of Ashford, and the demand of 2 m. that he
similarly makes by summons of the Exchequer from the same Margaret for the tallage
assessed to the king’s use upon the vill of Longstone, which vills are in her hand by bail of the king.

126

5 March.
Marlborough. Concerning making distraint. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to distrain
John Poitevin, son and heir of Russell de St.
Maxence, to render to the king the £39 19s.
7d. which Russell, his father, received from the king’s wines sold by him, for which he had not answered or satisfied
the king, so that the king has the aforesaid money upon
the next account of the sheriff at the Exchequer after Easter in the fifteenth
year.

127

8 March.
Britford. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand he makes from
Gilbert de Marsh by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of
Poitou
and
Ireland
, until three weeks from Easter in the fifteenth year.

128

15 March.
Romsey. Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year,
the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer
from the abbot of
Beaulieu
for scutage and the arrears of scutages due to the king, as is said, from the
manor of Soberton
, which he holds at fee farm from Jordan de Walkerville.

129

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place in respite as above the demand he makes
from the abbot of Beaulieu by summons of the Exchequer as above.

130

20 March.
Clarendon. Concerning respite of a
demand. The king has given respite, until 15 days after St.
John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, to Roger de
Quincy from the demand
of 140 m. which is exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer for the prest of Ireland made
to Saer de Quincy, his
father, in the time of King John. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

131

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit him to have peace in the
meantime.

132

Concerning respite of a
demand. The king has given respite, until five weeks from Easter in the fifteenth year, from
the £21 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit him
to have that respite.

133

27 March.
Marlborough. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until three weeks from
Easter in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Drogo de
Barentin, Hugh de Plessetis and John de
Plessetis for the
manor of Chalgrove
, which they hold by bail of the king, for
the debt of Hugh de
Maulnay.

134

4 April.
Reading. For Alan de Neville. The king has granted that Alan de Neville may render £12 10s.,
which he ought to have rendered at Easter last past in the fifteenth year of
the £25 that the king lent him to be rendered at
these terms, namely a moiety at Easter aforesaid and the other moiety at Michaelmas
in the same year, at Michaelmas aforesaid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have the aforesaid
respite.

135

[No date].
Kent. Richard Luvel gives the king 5 m. for having his charter for having a certain warren in his demesne lands of the
honour of Cary
according [to that which is contained] more fully in the Charter Roll.1

1.

C. Ch. R. 1226–57, p.
130.

136

[No date].
Suffolk. Nicholas son of Robert gives half
a mark for having a
writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the assize
of novel disseisin that Robert son
of Robert, Roger Crawe and others
arraigned against him, concerning a tenement in King's
Lynn.

137

[No date].
Concerning the aid of
prelates. It is to be known that the king ought to allow to the prelates in the aid they made to him whatever he pardoned those
holding from them and whatever they were not able to obtain. And if anything has been
received from their knights’ fees or tenants by
sheriffs or at the Exchequer in the name of the scutage
of Poitou after the king’s first crossing,
before they granted the said aid, or after it was received, it is to be rendered to
the prelates, or the writing is to be extracted from the Receipt Roll of the Exchequer and tallies are to be delivered to Walter de Kirkham, dean of St.
Martin’s, to be allowed by him to the prelates at the
New Temple in London, where all
receipts of the said aid ought to be made by the same dean at the below-written terms,
namely one moiety at St. John the Baptist and the other moiety at the Assumption of
the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth year.

138

12 April.
Westminster. Ireland. Concerning the lands and
castles
formerly of the Earl Marshal. To R. de Burgh, justiciar of
Ireland. W. Marshal,
formerly earl of Pembroke, having died, the
king, lamenting this, has committed his lands and
castles
in Ireland to his beloved and faithful
Waleran Teutonicus, so that he answers for the issues of the same lands at
the Exchequer in England. Order to be
counselling and aiding to Waleran so that he is able to keep the said lands
effectively and the castles safely and to the king’s profit and honour, procuring in
all ways that he can that the castles formerly of the aforesaid earl are delivered to
Waleran without delay. If by chance he has taken anything from the same, or has taken
the lands into his hand before Waleran’s arrival in Ireland, he is similarly to
deliver them to him without delay.

139

Ireland. Concerning the lands and
castles
formerly of the Earl Marshal. Order to L. archbishop of Dublin and the bishop
of Ferns to offer counsel and aid to the same Waleran, so that he keeps the aforesaid lands
and castles safely, as Waleran will say to them on the king’s behalf.

140

[No date].
Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite the demand he makes
from R. earl of Chester and Lincoln by summons of the Exchequer for the debts he owes the
king, for as long as the earl will be in overseas parts in service.

141

Concerning respite of a
demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Derbyshire and
Warwickshire
.

142

16 April.
Westminster. For John de
Balliol. The king has granted to John de Balliol, son and heir of Hugh de
Balliol, that he may render £100 for his relief of the knights’ fees
he holds of the king in chief, and £20 for his relief of four knights’ fees he holds
in chief of the
honour of Boulogne
, namely 100s. from each fee, notwithstanding the fine that John made previously with the king by £150 for his relief of 30
knights’ fees that Hugh de Balliol, his father, held of the king in chief, namely
100s. from each fee. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done
and enrolled thus.

143

For Hugh
Despenser. The king has granted to Hugh Despenser that, of the 50 m. which he owes him, he may render 20 m. per annum at the Exchequer,
namely 10 m. at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year and 10 m. at Easter next following,
and thus from term to term until the aforesaid 50 m. will have been paid. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

144

[No date].
Because the king has pardoned the
justiciar 20 m. and Brother
Walter de Kinnersley 20
(sic.).
William de Muntanago, merchant
, gives the king 40 m. for having his letters
patent without term
to come into England with his merchandise.1

1.

Entry cancelled because the king has
pardoned the justiciar 20 m. and Brother Walter de Kinnersley 20 (sic.).

145

17 April.
Westminster. For Andrew
Luttrell. Andrew Luttrell has made fine with the
king by 100 m.
for having seisin of the
manor of Irnham
with appurtenances, formerly of Maurice de
Gant, which falls to him by
hereditary right
. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that, having accepted security from him for
the aforesaid 100 m. to the king’s use, he is to cause Andrew to have full seisin of
the aforesaid manor with appurtenances.

Membrane 5

18 April.
Westminster. For Bartholomew
Peche. Bartholomew Peche has made fine with
the king by 100 m. for having custody of the land and
heirs of Eustace de Fercles, who held three knights’ fees of the king of the
honour of Boulogne
, with the marriage of the same heirs, of
which 100 m. Bartholomew is to render 20 m. to the king each year at the Exchequer
until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid, namely 10 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and
10 m. at the Exchequer of Easter. Because Bartholomew has given the king surety
for rendering the aforesaid 100 m., as aforesaid, order to the
keeper of the honour of Boulogne
to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land formerly of Eustace
in his bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died.

147

For Bartholomew
Peche. Pledges of the same Bartholomew for the aforesaid 100 m.:

[No date].
For
Ela, countess of Salisbury
.
Ela, countess of Salisbury
, has made fine with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the county of Wiltshire and the
castle of Salisbury
for life, as is more fully contained in the Patent Roll, of which she is to render 100 m.
to the king at the Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at
Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at Easter next following in the sixteenth
year.1

1.

PR 1225–32, p. 431.

149

[No date].
Rutland. The men of Edith Weston of the abbot of
St. George de Baskerville
give the king 20 m. for having his
letters that they are not to perform other customs and services to the abbot than
they were accustomed to perform in the time when that
manor
was in the hands of the kings of England,
predecessors of the king. Order to the sheriff
of Rutland etc.

150

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

151

17 April.
Westminster. Concerning the aid of
prelates. To the abbot of
Chertsey
. When the king requested an aid
from the bishops and other prelates of his kingdom who hold of him in chief, for his
great need, which was evident to them, they generously granted him 40s. from every fee
they hold of him in chief, namely from each fee for
which they are bound to answer whenever they perform knight service, of which they are to render a
moiety at the New Temple in London at
St. John the Baptist1 in the fifteenth
year and the other moiety at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary next following. If the
sheriffs have received anything from the abovesaid prelates in the name of the scutage of Poitou
after the king’s first crossing,2 or if anything has been received at the Exchequer, this is to be
rendered to them or extracted from the Receipt Roll of
the Exchequer, and tallies are to be
delivered to the king’s beloved and faithful W. de Kirkham, dean of St.
Martin’s, London, who is to receive all of the aforesaid
aid and he will allow the same tallies to the aforesaid prelates in the same aid. And,
similarly, if the king will pardon anything to the tenants of the aforesaid prelates,
or if they are not able to distrain other tenants,
this will be allowed to them. Order, putting off all delay and excuse, to cause the
king to have as much of the aforesaid aid as pertains to the abbot from the knights’
fees he holds from him in chief at the aforesaid terms from all fees for which he
ought to answer when performing knight service. The king sends him letters directed to the sheriff of
Surrey by which he commands him to
cause the abbot and other prelates holding from the king in chief in his bailiwick to
have 40s. from every fee that he holds from him, in order to make the aforesaid aid to
the king, and if any of his fees that he holds of the king will be in other counties,
he is to signify to the king in which counties and the king will cause him to have
letters directed to every sheriff.

1.

Corrected from ‘Michaelmas’.

2.

Corrected from ‘the king’s first
coronation’.

152

Concerning the aid of
prelates. It is written in the same manner to the abbots of
Abbotsbury
,
Ramsey
,
Hyde
,
St. Albans
,
Mulchelney
,
Peterborough
,
Abingdon
,
Pershore
,
Sherborne
,
Malmesbury
,
Hulme
,
Cerne
,
Evesham
,
Winchcombe
,
Tavistock
. And to the abbesses of
Wilton
and
St. Edward
, changing the sheriffs in the due manner.

153

Concerning the aid of
prelates. To the sheriff of Somerset
and Dorset. Order to cause all
prelates holding of the king in chief in his bailiwick to have 40s. from every knight’s fee that they hold of him in the same
bailiwick, in order to make the aid to the king
which they have freely granted to him.

154

Concerning the aid of
prelates. It is written in the same manner to the other sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the
aforesaid abbeys are situated.

155

[No date].
For the abbot of
St. Edmund’s
. The abbot of
St. Edmund’s
gives the king £100, to be rendered
at these terms, namely a moiety at Trinity in the fifteenth year and the other
moiety at St. John the Baptist in the same year, for having his charter concerning certain liberties, as is contained in the aforesaid charter.

156

[No date].
For the men of Lothingland. The men of Lothingland give £100 for having the king’s manor1 of Lothingland with appurtenances at fee farm by
rendering £70 by their hand at the Exchequer, namely one moiety at Easter and the
other moiety at Michaelmas. They are to render the
said £100 at these terms,2
namely 50 m. at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the
same year, and 50 m. at Easter in the sixteenth year.

1.

Corrected from ‘the vill’.

2.

The terms and the render are interlined.

157

25 April.
Windsor. Concerning the lands formerly of
the Earl Marshal. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to take into the king’s hand
the lands formerly of W. earl Marshal in his bailiwick, to keep
them safely and to cause them to be cultivated with the
ploughs that are in the same lands,
which the king has retained for this to his use, by the reasonable price for which the
king ought to answer the executors of the testament of the earl, as he has commanded him.

158

Concerning the lands formerly of
the Earl Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire,
Hertfordshire
,
Sussex
,
Worcestershire
,
Oxfordshire
,
Gloucestershire
,
Berkshire
,
Dorset
, and
Wiltshire
.

159

For John de Winterborne. To John of Monmouth. John de
Winterborne has
made fine with the king by 5 m. for having custody of
the land that Joceus Forester held of the
king in chief in Gillingham, to keep with
his bailiwick of the king’s
park of Gillingham
until the heirs of the same Joceus come of age, with the custody and
marriage of the same heirs. Order that because
John has given the king surety by Godfrey of
Crowcombe for rendering the
aforesaid 5 m., he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid custody with
appurtenances, as aforesaid.

160

Concerning the lands of Richard Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, immediately after having viewed
these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand
all lands that Richard Marshal has in his
bailiwick of the gift of his father
or of the land of the Normans, or in whatever
manner, with all property and chattels found in
those lands, and he is to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

161

Concerning the lands of Richard Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire.

162

25 April.
Windsor. Concerning the vill of Hertford. The king has committed the vill of Hertford with appurtenances to John de Burgh
for as long as it pleases the king, so that he
will answer by his hand at the Exchequer for the farm of the same vill, as the men of the vill used to answer at the
time when the vill of Hertford was in their hands.1
Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to cause John to have full seisin of the
aforesaid vill of Hertford, as aforesaid.

1.

‘as ... hands’
interlined.

163

For Adam Esturmy. Adam Esturmy gives the king 30 m. for having custody of the land and heirs of Ralph
of Bradley, who held
of the king by sergeanty, until the heirs
come of age, with their marriage. Order to the
sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause Adam to have full seisin of all
lands that Ralph held of the king in chief in his bailiwick
and of John, son and heir of the aforesaid Ralph, as
aforesaid.

164

27 April.
Windsor. For the men of Lothingland. The king has granted by his charter to the trustworthy men of Lothingland, for himself and his heirs, that they and their heirs may
have their vill of Lothingland forever
at fee farm, rendering £70 numero each year by their hand at
the Exchequer, namely £35 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £35 at the Exchequer of
Easter, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid charter. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause the
same men to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid manor according to the
tenor of the aforesaid charter.

165

For the men of Lothingland. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus.

166

30 April.
Reading. For Richard
Reinger. The king has given respite to Richard Reinger from rendering his account as the
farmer of the king’s exchange of London
until he orders otherwise. Order to the
bishop of Carlisle, treasurer
, to permit him to have peace until the king orders otherwise.

167

30 April.
Reading. For William de
la Falaise and his
wife. The king has heard by an inquisition taken by
his order that Hugh de Linguire, who is dead, held 20 acres of land,
twelve acres of meadow and two mills with appurtenances in Fordingbridge of the king in chief of the
honour of Camel
, which he took into the king’s hand, by the
service of half a knight’s fee, and that Alice, daughter of Phillip de Linguire, brother
of the aforesaid Hugh, is his nearest heir. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having
accepted security from William de
la Falaise and the
aforesaid Alice, his wife, for the 10 m. by which they made fine with the king for
their relief, he is
to cause William and Alice, his wife, as the heir of the same Hugh, to have full
seisin without delay of the aforesaid land, meadow and mills with
appurtenances.

168

Order to the sheriff
of Dorset to cause them to have
full seisin of the moiety of a knight’s fee which
the aforesaid H. de Linguire held of the king in Iwerne of the
honour of Camel
by the service of half a knight etc.
1

1.

This entry appears to have been added after the roll had first been compiled, as
it is tightly squeezed in before the next entry.

169

30 April.
Wallingford. For Hugh de Sampford. The king has given respite, until Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year, to Hugh de Sampford from the 23 m. 11s. 4d.
which are exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer for a prest made to him in the time of King John in Wales. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite.

170

3 May.
Oxford. For Phillip of Kyme. The king has granted to Phillip of Kyme
that, of all of the debts he owes to him, which are
exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he
may henceforth render 200 m. each year, namely 50 m. at Trinity in 15 days in the
fifteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 50 m. at Hilary in the
sixteenth year, and 50 m. at Easter next following in the same year, and afterwards
100 m. at Michaelmas in the same year and 100 m. at Easter next following in the
seventeenth year, and 200 m. thus each year from year to year at the aforesaid terms
of Easter and Michaelmas until the aforesaid debts are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

171

4 May.
Woodstock. For the men of Basingstoke. The king has granted to the men of Basingstoke that, of the debts they owe him for the arrears of the
farm of their vill and of other
debts, they may render £20 to him per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of
Michaelmas and £10 at the Exchequer of Easter until the aforesaid debts are
paid, saving their farm of the same vill to
the king every year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done
thus.

172

Concerning handing over on bail for
half a mark. To
Hugh
de Neville
. If
Walter of Panshill
will find him six or four trustworthy and law-worthy men who will mainpern to have him before the justices next itinerating to take the pleas of the
forest in the county of Buckinghamshire to stand to right for the trespass which, it is said, he had made in the king’s
forest of Brill
, of which he was accused, then he is to hand him over on bail to the
aforesaid six or four men, as aforesaid and to
deliver him from the king’s prison. He is
without delay to deliver to Walter his property and chattels which he caused to be taken from him for the aforesaid reason, and to
take security from him for half a mark to the king’s use for this writ.

173

[No date].
Gloucestershire. Master Adam de Burton gives the king one mark for having a
precipe, concerning a debt, against the abbot of
Evesham
before the justices at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take etc.

174

8 May.
Gloucester. For John Marshal. John Marshal has shown to the king that, by
reason of the death of W. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, the sheriff of Northamptonshire took into the king’s hand John’s land
in Norton, formerly of the same Earl
Marshal, which the earl gave to John long before his death by his charter. Order to the same
sheriff to cause John to have full seisin of the aforesaid land of Norton without
delay. If he has taken anything, he is to cause it to be rendered to him
without delay.

175

For John Marshal. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff
of Norfolk for the same John,
concerning land in Foulsham.

176

14 May.
Gloucester. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demands they make by summons of the Exchequer from Roger of Clifford for several
prests, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

177

For
Roger
la Zouche
. Order to the sheriff of Devon to cause
Roger
la Zouche
to have his arrears due to him in his
county from the time when he was sheriff of Devon, so that he answers at the Exchequer.

178

[No date].
Concerning the account of the
sheriff of Yorkshire. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to cause the sheriff of Gloucestershire (sic.) to have respite from rendering
his account until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year,
because the king has retained him to go with him towards the parts of Wales.

179

20 May.
Hereford. For Ralph de
Mora. The king has taken the homage of Ralph de Mora for the land that Henry Falconer, his father, held of
the king in chief in Broughton, which falls to
him by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to cause Ralph to have full seisin
without delay of all land formerly of Henry in Broughton in his bailiwick on the day
he died, which falls to him by hereditary right.

180

20 May.
Hereford. For William de Stuteville. The king has granted to William de Stuteville that, because he has given
him surety by Hugh le Poer and John Durvassal for rendering, by his hand at the
Exchequer at St. John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, the scutage he owes the king from the knights’ fees he holds of him in chief, namely 3 m. per shield for the army
of Poitou after the king’s first crossing,
he may collect the scutage by his hand, to
be rendered thus. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit him to collect the aforesaid
scutage by his hand and render it to the king. If he has taken anything for which he
has not yet answered at the Exchequer, he is to render it to him without delay.

181

For William de Stuteville. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Somerset,
Berkshire
,
Oxfordshire
,
Warwickshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Shropshire
,
Worcestershire
, and
Herefordshire
.

182

27 May.
Worcester. For William de Stuteville. Order to the barons of the Exchequer that if
anything has been received of the aforesaid scutage at the Exchequer, they are to
cause it to be allowed to the same William.1

1.

Entry inserted to the right of the
previous entries and perhaps in a different hand.

183

For the bishop of Winchester. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for all debts, both for scutage and other debts, that they make by summons of the Exchequer from P. bishop of Winchester, until the octaves of St. John the Baptist in the
fifteenth year.

184

For John
Lestrange. The king, by his charter, has given his
manor of Wrockwardine
with its appurtenances to John Lestrange
junior, to have to John and his heirs from the king and his heirs
forever, rendering a farm of £8 per annum at the Exchequer by his hand, namely
£4 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £4 at the Exchequer of Easter, as is more fully
contained in the aforesaid charter. Order to the
sheriff of Shropshire to cause John to have full seisin of the
aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

Membrane 4

27 May.
Wenlock. Concerning tallaging the vill of
Bristol. The king has assigned John son of Phillip and William Hardel, with the sheriff of Gloucestershire, to tallage the vill of Bristol. Order to the sheriff of
Gloucestershire that, on Thursday next after the octaves of Trinity, he is to meet
John and William in good time and intend diligently to tallaging the same vill to the
king’s advantage with his aforesaid associates, so that the king ought to commend his
diligence.

186

Concerning tallaging the vill of
Bristol.
Patents. Order to the
mayor and trustworthy men of Bristol
to be intendant and respondent to them in this.

187

26 May.
Wenlock. For William
Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that, of the £50 which he was bound to render to him at the Exchequer at St.
John the Baptist in the fifteenth year, he may render £25 then and the other
£25 at Michaelmas next following, with the £50 which he is bound to render to the
king then from the same term. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to cause him to have the aforesaid respite from the aforesaid
£25.

188

For Herbert son of
Matthew. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause all
particulars and causes of the debts which are exacted
by summons of the Exchequer from Herbert son of Matthew to be extracted from
the rolls of the Exchequer and to send those
estreats to the king without delay. In the meantime
they are to permit Herbert to have peace from the aforesaid debts.

189

For Hugh de Vaux. The king has granted to Hugh de Vaux that, of the
40 m. which he ought to have rendered to him at St. John the Baptist in the
fifteenth year of the 80 m. he owes him, he may
render 20 m. at the same feast of St. John the Baptist at the Exchequer, so that he
renders the other 20 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, with the 20 m. which he owes
at the same term and 20 m. at Easter next following of the same debt. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

190

For
Isaac the Jew of Shrewsbury
.
Isaac the Jew of Shrewsbury
has made fine with the king by 10 m. for Vivian son of Jacob, Jew, and
Avegaya, his mother
, who Clement son of Peter has
appealed for larceny, so that Vivian and Avegaya might make
concord with Clement over the aforesaid appeal by licence of the king. Order to
the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews
that, having accepted security from Isaac for the aforesaid 10 m. to the king’s use,
they are to permit them to have the aforesaid licence to make concord and cause this
to be enrolled.

191

7 June.
Westminster. Kent. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to take into the king’s hand
all lands and lay tenements that John de Walton has in his bailiwick, and
to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

192

10 June.
Westminster. For John de Willenhall. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire that, notwithstanding the king’s order made to him to take the lands of Richard Marshal in his bailiwick into the king’s
hand, he is to permit John de Willenhall to hold the
manor of Crendon
with his corn and other chattels that Richard demised
to him at farm until the term contained in the writing drawn up between them,
so that John answers the king at the Exchequer for
the farm of the same manor at the terms
contained in the same writing, as it is agreed between them concerning
rendering that farm to Richard.

193

10 June.
Westminster. For Geoffrey de Lucy. The king has granted to Geoffrey de Lucy that, of the £261 19s. 1d. which Geoffrey owes him
for the arrears of the costs he spent by his order in the works of the
castle of Guernsey
, 15 m. are to be allowed to him
each year in the 700 m. which he owes the king, until the aforesaid £26 19s. 1d. are
allowed to him in full, and, of the remainder of those 700 m. that he will owe
the king after the £26 19s. 1d. will have been allowed, Geoffrey and his
heirs2
may render 15 m. to the king each year until the
aforesaid 700 m. are paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this grant to be
enrolled and held as aforesaid.

1.

Corrected
from ‘£66’.

2.

‘heirs’ interlined.

194

For the Friars Minor of
Cambridge. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire that if the king’s men of Cambridge will give him surety for 5 m. to the king’s
use for that plot with appurtenances in Cambridge formerly of
Benjamin the Jew
near to the stone house, which plot the same men, as the king has heard, wish to buy from the
king to the use of the friars minor, then he is
to cause the abovesaid friars minor to have full seisin of that plot.

195

13 June.
Havering. For the men of Rochester. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from the men of
Rochester by summons of the Exchequer, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the
fifteenth year.

196

For Nigel de Amundeville. The king has taken the homage of Nigel de Amundeville for all land formerly of Elias de Amundeville, his
brother, who held of the king in chief, which falls to him by hereditary
right. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire that, having accepted security from
Nigel for rendering £16 5s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land formerly of Elias
in his bailiwick on the day he died which falls to him by hereditary right.
Having accepted the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire,
Nottinghamshire
and
Yorkshire
by his letters, so that then they are
to cause Nigel to have full seisin of the lands formerly of Elias in their bailiwicks,
which fall to him by hereditary right.

197

For Nigel de Amundeville. Order to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire,
Lincolnshire
and
Yorkshire
that when the sheriff of Huntingdonshire will signify them by his letters that he has taken the aforesaid security, they are to
cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands.

198

For Ranulf le
Breton. The king has granted the
manor of Apethorpe
to Ranulf le Breton, to have and
hold for as long as it pleases the king, so that he
answers at the Exchequer for the ancient farm. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause Ranulf to have full seisin of
that manor, as aforesaid.

199

For William
Crassus. Because William Crassus is in the king’s
service in the parts of Wales, order to the justices of the
Bench to place in respite, until 15 days from St. John the Baptist in the
fifteenth year, the plea that is before them on the morrow of St. John the Baptist
between Robert de Columbariis, claimant, and the aforesaid
William and Felicia, his
wife, defendants, concerning land in Fawler.

200

17 June.
Kempton. For William de
Bavent. To the sheriff of Lincolnshire. The king has taken the homage of William, brother and heir of Walter de Bavent, who is dead,
for the lands and tenements that Walter held of the king in chief in his bailiwick and
that fall to William by hereditary right, and William has made fine with the king by 5
m. for his relief. Order that, having accepted security from William for the aforesaid 5 m. to the
king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to
have full seisin of all lands formerly of Walter which fall to him by
inheritance. If he has also caused anything to be taken from the property and
chattels found in the aforesaid lands, he is to
cause them to be rendered to him.

201

22 June.
Windsor. For the abbot of
Chertsey
. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year,
the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer
from the abbot of
Chertsey
for several scutages, from which the abbot says he ought to
be quit by the charters of the king’s
predecessors, kings of England.

202

23 June.
Windsor. Concerning the farm of Wallingford. Order to the
mayor and bailiffs
of Wallingford
to be intendant henceforth to R. earl
of Cornwall neither for the farm of
their vill nor for other things
pertaining to that vill, until the king orders otherwise, but they are to answer the king, rendering the aforesaid farm of their
vill at the Exchequer as they were accustomed to render before they had been
intendant to the said earl by the king’s order.

203

For Henry de Glanville. The king has granted to Henry de Glanville that he may hold the
manor of Ringwood
, which he held at farm of Richard Marshal
and which has been taken into the king’s hand by his
order, for the same farm that he was
accustomed to render to the aforesaid Richard. Order
to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having accepted security from Henry for
rendering such farm to the king per annum from the same manor and at the same terms
as he was accustomed to render it to Richard, he is to cause him to have full seisin
of that manor with appurtenances.

204

Concerning respite of demands. Because John de Plessetis and Drogo de Barentin are in the
king’s service in Wales, order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand of 19½ m.
that he makes from them by summons of the
Exchequer for a prest of the king made to them, and the demand of 10 m. that he makes from them by the same summons
for the debt which Hugh de Maulnay owed the king, until the king
orders otherwise.

205

27 June.
Windsor. Concerning taking the manors of Condover, Ellesmere
and Rothley into the king’s
hand. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to take the
manor of Condover
into the king’s hand, and, having taken with him the whole of the king’s
posse
of the county of Shropshire, to go to
the manor of Ellesmere and take it into
the king’s hand and keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

206

Concerning taking the manors of Condover, Ellesmere
and Rothley into the king’s
hand.
Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire, similarly, to take the
manor of Rothley
into the king’s hand and to keep it safely etc.

207

28 June.
Windsor. For
Isaac of Norwich
. The king has granted to Isaac of Norwich, Jew, for the ten palfreys by which he made fine with him and for the pardon he made to Hugh de
Vivonne of the debt he owed to
the same Isaac, that, as he was previously
accustomed to render £100 each year to the king of the debt that he owes him,
he may henceforth render 100 m. of the same debt. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to
cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

208

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place
in respite the demand he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from Peter fitz
Herbert for several debts, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth
year.

209

1 July.
Reading. For
Robert of Cockfield
. The king has pardoned to
Robert of Cockfield
the £150 which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for the profit
of the county of Yorkshire from the time when he was sheriff of
Yorkshire. The king has also granted to the
same Robert that, of all other debts that are
exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for Robert le Vavasur, whose heir is in his
custody, and of all other of his own debts that he owes the king, he may
render £20 per annum, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £10 at the
Exchequer of Easter, until he is quit of the aforesaid debts. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Robert to be quit of
the aforesaid £150 and to cause it to be done and
enrolled concerning the other debts, as aforesaid.

210

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriffs of Norfolk and
Oxfordshire
1
to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from Hugh de Gournay, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth
year.

1.

‘Oxfordshire’ interlined.

211

3 July.
Reading. Concerning land to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand without delay
all land of Henry de Avagor in Waltham and its soke, and
to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

212

For Ranulf le
Breton. The king has granted etc., and [by his charter] has
confirmed, the
manor of Apethorpe
with all appurtenances to Ranulf le
Breton, to have and hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs to him
and his heirs, or to whoever he will wish to assign, free and quit of tallages, rendering £10 per annum at the Exchequer at
two terms, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter and 100s. at the Exchequer of
Michaelmas for all service, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter etc. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire1
to cause that charter to be read in his full county court and to permit him to hold that
manor in peace, as aforesaid.2

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from P. bishop of Winchester and his men and the prior of
St. Swithun’s
and his men,1 and the demand of 6 m. that they make by summons from
Roger Wascelin,
steward of the same bishop
, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

1.

The prior and his men are
interlined.

214

5 July.
Reading. For John fitz
Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey that, of the debts he owes and of which he used to render 100 m. per annum,
he may henceforth render 50 m. every year until the aforesaid debts are rendered,
namely 25 m. at Michaelmas and 25 m. at Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause
this to be enrolled and done thus.

215

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the
keeper of the
honour of Wallingford
to place in respite the demand for 6 m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from John
of Tew, who is in the parts of
Wales by the king’s order, until 15 days from
Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

216

7 July.
Reading. Somerset. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into
the king’s hand all lands of Henry Crassus
in his bailiwick with the chattels found in the
same lands, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

217

[No date].
Concerning the
abbey of Ramsey
. Ranulf le Breton has the custody of the vacant
abbey of Ramsey
for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers the king at the Exchequer in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and
Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.

218

12 July.
Oxford. Concerning rendering 9 m. Order to
Walter of Romsey
to render 9 m., which he received from the abbot of
Malmesbury
in the time when he was sheriff of Wiltshire from the aid granted to
the king, to the same abbot so that he answers at the
Exchequer by his hand.

219

[No date].
For the abbot of
Osney
. The abbot of
Osney
gives the king 60 m. for having
his grant and charter concerning land at Hanborough and at Holcombe, which the king rendered to the abbot and his house to
have forever from the king and his heirs.

220

13 July.
Oxford. For the countess of Pembroke. Order to the sheriff of Kent
to cause Eleanor, countess of Pembroke, to have the
ploughs of the manors of Sutton, Kemsing and Brabourne, formerly of the Earl
Marshal, which had been retained in the king’s hand by his order, for the
same value at which they have been valued by the view of trustworthy and law-worthy
men to the king’s use.

221

For the countess of Pembroke. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Bedfordshire, concerning the ploughs of the manors of Luton
and Toddington.

Membrane 4 (schedule)

1 July.
Reading.
The king has granted the
manor of Apethorpe
with all appurtenances to Ranulf le
Breton, and has confirmed it to
him by his charter, to have and hold at fee farm from the king and his heirs
to him and his heirs, or to whoever he will wish to assign that manor, free and
quit of tallages, rendering £10 per annum at
the Exchequer at two terms, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter and 100s. at the
Exchequer of Michaelmas for all service, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter made for him. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

Membrane 3

[No date].
For the bishop of Norwich. Thomas, bishop of Norwich, gives the king 200
m. for having his grant and charter concerning
the
manor of Wykes
with appurtenances, to have to him and his
successors forever in free alms, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid
charter.

224

[No date].
For the bishops
of Lincoln and
Bath
. Hugh, bishop of Lincoln,
has made fine with the king by 500 m. so that,
notwithstanding any custom that the king or his ancestors have used at any time in
whatever part of the year when he or any of his successors will die, they are
forever to have all of their moveable goods and all fruits, both corn sown in their lands before their death and the fruits of
vineyards (virg’licorum
vinearum) of the same year, arising namely up to Michaelmas next after
their death, so that neither the king nor any of his
heirs nor any of his bailiffs is to
intermeddle in any manner whatsoever
or to lay hand on these things, but the bishop,
his successors and their executors are free to do and dispose of all of this by their
will without impediment from the king or his heirs or bailiffs. Their executors are to
have the easements of houses, granges, wine-presses, granaries and of other buildings formerly of the
same bishops without impediment from the king, his heirs or bailiffs, in order to
store and preserve their aforesaid goods in them until they ought reasonably to be
delivered by the same executors to the administrators of the fruits of the following
year. The said bishop is also to render to the king
£100 of the aforesaid fine at the Assumption of the Blessed Mary in the fifteenth
year, £116 13s. 4d. at the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the sixteenth year,
and £116 13s. 4d. at the Ascension in the same year.

225

[No date].
For the bishops
of Lincoln and
Bath
. J. bishop of Bath has made fine by 300 m. for having a similar grant to
himself and his successors. He is to render 100 m. of the aforesaid fine at each of
the aforesaid terms.

226

17 July.
Otinton’. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year, the demand they make from Aymer de
St. Amand, who is in
the king’s service in the parts of Wales by the
king’s order, for the prest of Ireland.

227

For William de St. Ouen. The king has given to William de St.
Ouen, and by his
charter has confirmed, one-and-a-half virgates of land in the vill of
Hanborough, one toft with appurtenances in the same vill called Chasehill, and one toft with appurtenances in
Combe which is called ‘Coleham’, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to
him and his heirs, rendering 12s. per annum, as is more fully contained in the
aforesaid charter. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to cause William to have full seisin without
delay.

228

19 July.
Gloucester. Concerning the custody of the
land and heirs of Oliver de Punchardon. Richard de Punchardon gives the
king 20 m. for having custody of the land and
heirs of Oliver de Punchardon, his brother, until the
legal age of the heirs, with their marriage. Order to
the sheriff of Hampshire to cause Richard to have full seisin of the
aforesaid lands.

229

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place
in respite the demand he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from John of Tew for the prest of Ireland, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

230

20 July.
Gloucester. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes by
summons of the Exchequer from the fee formerly of Randulf de Praeres in
his bailiwick, which is in the hand of William de Brion,1 until
15 days after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

1.

Corrected from ‘the king’.

231

24 July.
Hereford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the bailiffs of the
honour of Wallingford
to place in respite, until the account of the sheriff of Oxfordshire after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the
demand of £12 that they make by summons of the
Exchequer from Ralph fitz
Nicholas for a prest made to William
Pippard in Ireland.

232

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to place in respite the demand
he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
William de Say for the prest of Ireland, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. By Ralph fitz
Nicholas.

233

27 July.
Hereford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to place in respite the demand
for 17 m. that he makes from Hamo de Crèvecouer by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his account at the
Exchequer of Michaelmas.

234

[No date].
Cambridgeshire. Thomas of Whaddon and Orabl’ of Comberton give the king half a mark for having a pone against Reginald Gifford, concerning a tenement in
Comberton.

235

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 42 m. 6s. that they make
from Walter of Clifford by summons of the
Exchequer until upon the next account of the sheriff of
Kent at the Exchequer of Michaelmas
in the fifteenth year.

236

For Thomas of
Alkerton. The king has taken the homage of Thomas of Alkerton, brother and heir of William of Alkerton, for three parts of a knight’s fee which William held of the king in chief and which
falls to Thomas by hereditary right. Order to the
sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Thomas
for 65s. to the king’s use for his relief, then he
is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of William in his
bailiwick on the day he died which fall to Thomas by inheritance.

237

For Walter
Marshal. Order to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the
oxen
formerly of W. Marshal, formerly earl of Pembroke, at
Sturminster and Bere, which the king ordered to be retained to his use
by a reasonable value, to be delivered to Walter
Marshal, to whom the king has rendered the manor of Sturminster and part of that manor of Bere formerly of the earl,
by the same value at which they were valued to the king’s use, having accepted
security from Walter for rendering that price to the king whenever he will order.

238

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to place in respite the demands he makes
by summons of the Exchequer from Nicholas de Verdun for several prests, until Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year.

239

[No date].
Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to place in respite the demand
he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men
of Dover for an amercement made in the eyre of
the justices in the time of Benedict, formerly bishop of Rochester, until he has a command from
the king otherwise.

240

For Richard de Percy. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer
that notwithstanding that Richard de Percy did not keep his terms at the Exchequer for
the payment of the debts he owes to the king while
he was in the king’s service in the parts of Brittany, they are to permit him to have the same terms which the
king had previously granted him for the payment of the said debts.

241

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in
respite the demand he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from Phillip de Columbariis, who is in the
parts of Wales etc., until 15 days from
Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

242

31 July.
Painscastle. For the men of Wallingford. The king’s men of Wallingford, who have
come to
Painscastle castle
in Painscastle at the king’s
summons, have made fine with him by 10 m., which they
are to render to him on Sunday in the feast of St. Laurence in the fifteenth
year, so that they are quit of finding 20 men
for the king for 40 days in the aforesaid parts in his service, which the king
had previously granted to them that he would receive for those of his vill who had been sworn at arms and summoned to
come in his service, and so that the aforesaid 20 men might on this occasion return to
their own parts without penalty. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire that, having
accepted security from the aforesaid men of Wallingford for rendering the aforesaid 10
m. to the king at Painscastle at the aforesaid term, he is not to vex those who have
returned to their own parts or to seek to trouble them on account of this.

243

2 Aug.
Painscastle. For Ralph fitz
Nicholas. Ralph fitz Nicholas has made fine
with the king by 200 m. for having custody of the lands
and heirs of Robert, son of William de
Ashby,
until the legal age of the heirs, with the marriage of the same heirs
and of
Robert’s wife
. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to cause him to have full seisin
without delay of all lands and tenements formerly of the same Robert in his
bailiwick on the day he died, and of his heirs, as aforesaid.

244

For Ralph fitz
Nicholas. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Leicestershire and the
keeper of the
honour of Peverel
.

245

For Ralph fitz
Nicholas. [It is written in the same manner] to Roger, son of John of Northampton, and the wife of
the same Robert to deliver the aforesaid heirs, who are in
their custody, as the king has heard, without delay.

246

3 Aug.
Painscastle. For the men of Marlborough. The men of Marlborough have made fine with
the king by 5 m. so that they are quit from sending
men from the vill of Marlborough to
the king’s army in the parts of Wales, as they
have been summoned. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that, having
accepted security from them for rendering those 5 m. to the king at Painscastle in Painscastle on Wednesday next after St. Laurence in the
fifteenth year, he is to permit them to have peace and
to vex or aggrieve them in no manner for this reason.

247

For the men of Nottingham. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire for the men of Nottingham, who have made fine with the king by rendering 10 m. there
on the same day, in all things.

248

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in
respite the demand he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from John Marshal, who is
in the king’s service in the parts of Wales,
until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. By the justiciar.

249

Concerning respite of a
demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire and
Berkshire
.

250

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk
and Suffolk to place in respite,
until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes from W. earl
Warenne by summons of the Exchequer
for the debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer.

251

[No date].
Concerning fines to be
taken. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire that, having taken with him William Basset, he is to take for the king’s use a
reasonable fine by their grace from all those in his bailiwick holding of the king
by a service other than knight service and who
did not come to the king’s army, for the aforesaid army.

252

[No date].
Concerning fines to be
taken. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with the same William Basset.

253

[No date].
Concerning fines to be
taken. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriff of Oxfordshire with the sheriff of Berkshire, as more fully on the dorse of the Close Roll.1the sheriff of Berkshire with the sheriff of Oxfordshire, as more fully on the
dorse of the Close Roll.the sheriff of Wiltshire with the sheriff of Hampshire, as more fully on the dorse of the Close
Roll.

1.

CR 1227–31, p. 597.

254

[No date].
Concerning the relief of the
Earl
Marshal. Memorandam concerning the relief of Richard, earl
Marshal, whose homage the king has
taken for the lands and tenements formerly of W. Marshal,
formerly earl of Pembroke, as more fully in the Close Roll.1

1.

CR 1227–31, p. 541.

255

For Henry of
Earley. Henry of Earley, brother and heir of
John of Earley, has made fine with the king by 20 m.
for his relief of the lands that John held of the
king in chief and that fall to him by inheritance, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Somerset that, having accepted security from Henry for
rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of
all lands formerly of John which fall to him by inheritance in his bailiwick and of
which he was seised on the day he died. Once he has taken the aforesaid
security, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Berkshire, whom the
king has ordered that once he will cause him to know this, then he is to cause Henry
to have full seisin of the lands formerly of the same John in his bailiwick.

256

For Henry of
Earley. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

257

That the men of Hereford are
to intend to the sheriff. Order to the trustworthy men of Hereford,1 until the king
orders otherwise, to be intendant and respondent to the sheriff in place of the king in all things
that pertain to the king in the vill of Hereford, which has been taken into the
king’s hand by his order for debts that are owed to
the king both there and elsewhere.

1.

Corrected from ‘the sheriff’.

258

11 Aug.
Painscastle. For the men of Derby. The men of the vill of Derby sworn at arms,
who have come by the king’s order to his army in Wales, have made fine with him by 6 m. so that they might lawfully return to their own parts, this to be rendered on
Friday in the octaves of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary at Painscastle in Painscastle. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire not to
aggrieve them by reason of their return.

259

12 Aug.
Painscastle. For Ralph, the king’s
marshal. The king has committed to Ralph
Marshal all land with appurtenances in Tisted that Adam
de Gurdon formerly held
in the same vill, in order to sustain Ralph in the king’s service for as long
as it pleases the king, rendering the due and ancient farm, on condition that Ralph is to find
Anura, who was the wife of the
aforesaid Adam
, and their children reasonable maintenance from the same land for as long as it
will be in his hand, also saving to Anura her corn
that she caused to be sown in the same land.1
Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause
Ralph to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with appurtenances, as
aforesaid.

1.

Saving clause interlined.

260

[No date].
Somerset. William son of Walter gives the
king 20s. for having a
writ that W. Raleigh will take the
assize of novel disseisin that he arraigned
against the abbot of
Glastonbury
and others, concerning a tenement in Glastonbury, on a day and at a place that he might be
able to intend to it. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take
etc.

261

18 Aug.
Painscastle. Concerning
the abbey of Ramsey
. The election having been made of the former prior of Ramsey as the abbot of
Ramsey
, the king has given his assent and favour. Order to
Ranulf le Breton, keeper of the aforesaid
abbey
, to cause the elect to have full seisin of all things pertaining to the same
abbey, saving to the king the issues of the same abbey which arose when it was
in the king’s hand.

262

Concerning
the abbey of Ramsey
. Order to the knights, free men and other
tenants of that abbey to be intendant and respondent to him as their lord in all
things that pertain to the said abbey.

263

[No date].
Concerning the relief of
Simon de Montfort. Memorandum concerning the relief of Simon de Montfort, whose homage the king has taken for the
honour of Leicester
, as more fully in the Close Roll.1

1.

CR 1227–31, p. 543.

264

21 Aug.
Painscastle. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to place in respite the
demand of £11 14s. that he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from Geoffrey de Lucy for the debts of W.
count de Mandeville, until Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

265

For Henry of Merton and Richard de Treminett. Henry of Merton and Richard de
Treminett have made
fine by 2 m. for having licence to return to their own
parts from the army of Painscastle,
to which they came by the king’s order. Order to
the sheriff of Devon that, having
accepted security from them for rendering the aforesaid 2 m. to the king, he is to
permit them to have peace from the aforesaid army, saving to the king their scutage for that army from the knights’ fees they hold of the king in chief, if scutage happens to be
given for the same army.1

1.

A small circle is entered in the margin.

266

For
John of Monmouth
. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to cause
J. of Monmouth
to have the corn that he caused to be
sown in the
manor of Melksham
while he was sheriff of Wiltshire, so that he
answers at the Exchequer.1

1.

The ms actually reads ‘ad respectum inde ad
scaccarium Regis.’

267

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in
respite, until one month from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand they make
from Roger de Quincy by summons of the
Exchequer for the prests of
Ireland
and
Wales
.

268

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Leicestershire and
Devon
1
to place in respite, until 15 days after Michaelmas
in the fifteenth year, the demand of 2 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Richard, son of William of
Gloucester, for
the prest of Ireland, so that it may be inquired then by an inspection of the rolls of the Exchequer whether Richard
is bound in the payment of those 2 m. or not.

1.

‘Devon’ interlined.

269

[No date].
For Stephen of Seagrave. Stephen of Seagrave has made fine with the king by £100 for having custody of the lands and heirs of William of Duston
until the legal age of the heirs, with their marriage, as more fully in the Close Roll.1

1.

CR 1227–31, p. 552.

270

For Baldwin de Friville. The king has granted to Baldwin de Friville that he may render 60 m., which he is bound to render at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year of
the fine that he made with him for having the
custody of the land and heir of
Richard de Scalariis, at the Exchequer of
Hilary in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to cause him to have that term.

271

For Robert of Cockfield. The king has granted to Robert of Cockfield that, of all of the debts which are exacted from him for Robert le Vavasur, whose heir is in his
custody, and of other debts that the same Robert owes the king, concerning which the king had granted him that he was
to render £20 per annum at the Exchequer until he was quit of the aforesaid
debts, he may render £10 every year, namely 100s. at the Exchequer of
Michaelmas and 100s. at the Exchequer of Easter until the king will have been fully
satisfied for the aforesaid debts. Order to the
barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be
done and enrolled thus.

272

[No date].
Because in the other roll. Order to the bailiffs of Hereford to cause one tun of wine to be bought and to deliver it to John of
Flegg, sheriff of Herefordshire, of the king’s gift, and costs
are to be allowed etc.1

1.

Entry cancelled. The ‘other roll’ is probably the Liberate
Roll which is missing for this year.

Membrane 2

5 Sept.
Painscastle. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place
in respite, until 15 days after Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand of 40s.
that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
Gilbert de Laigle for the last
tallage of the
manor of Greywell
, so that it may be inquired whether that manor ought to be quit of the
king’s tallages or not.

274

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset to place in respite, until the
octaves of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph Russell for the scutage of Kerry, which he says he had previously rendered, both from the
fee he holds of the king in his bailiwick and from
other fees he holds in chief of the king in other counties, and the demand of £15
which he ought not to render, as he says, before the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year, and which he exacts before the aforesaid term and distrains him for this reason, so that he does not distrain him in the meantime for the aforesaid debts.

275

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to place in
respite the demand for 42 m. that he makes by summons
of the Exchequer from Robert of Newburgh, until All Saints in the
sixteenth year, having accepted security from him that
he will satisfy the king then at the Exchequer for the aforesaid debt.

276

6 Sept.
Painscastle. Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of
Devon to take into the king’s hand
all lands of Henry del Ortiay and Roger
de Gouiz in his
bailiwick, and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.1

1.

A
small circle is entered in the margin.

277

Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset, concerning
the lands of Henry del Ortiay.

278

6 Sept.
Painscastle. Concerning the archbishopric of
Canterbury. The king has committed the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to
Ranulf le Breton
to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so
that he answers for the issues of the same archbishopric at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to cause him to have full
seisin of all lands, property, rents and all
possessions pertaining to the same archbishopric.

279

Concerning the archbishopric of
Canterbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Sussex,
Middlesex
and
Surrey
.

280

Concerning the archbishopric of
Canterbury. Order to the knights, free tenants, men and
other tenants of the same archbishopric to be intendant and respondent to the same
Ranulf in all things etc.

281

6 Sept.
Painscastle. For John of Monmouth. The king has pardoned to John of Monmouth 2450 m. of the fine which he made with him for having the
forest of Trivel
, and has granted to him that he
may render 200 m. per annum at the Exchequer of the remainder of the aforesaid fine,
namely 100 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 100 m. at the Exchequer of Easter
until the king will have been satisfied. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause John to be quit of the aforesaid
2450 m. and to cause this to be enrolled and done
thus.

282

Concerning the testament
of William of Eynsford. To the
keeper of the archbishopric
of Canterbury
. Order to permit the executors of the testament of William of Eynsford to have free administration of the
chattels formerly of the same William, in order to make execution of the
aforesaid testament, having first accepted security from the executors that if William
is bound to the king in any debts, they shall satisfy
him first of all.

283

8 Sept.
Painscastle. For Robert de St. Medard. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Robert de St.
Medard that, of the 10 m.
which Master Gilbert of Preston owes the king, to be rendered at Michaelmas shortly forthcoming in
the fifteenth year, he may render 5 m. for the same Gilbert at Martinmas in
the sixteenth year and 5 m. at Hilary in the same year. Order to cause Gilbert
to be quit of the aforesaid 10 m. and to permit Robert to render them at the aforesaid
terms, as aforesaid.

284

Concerning taking the lands of
Alexander of Dorset into the king’s hand. Order to the
mayor
and citizens of London
to take into the king’s hand all lands and rents which Alexander of Dorset had in the city of London and deliver them to the
constable of the
Tower of London
to answer the king at the Exchequer for the issues
arising until the king is satisfied on Alexander’s behalf as to the debts that he owed him and as to other things for which he was
bound to answer.

285

Concerning taking the lands of
Alexander of Dorset into the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of
Surrey, concerning the land
formerly of the same Alexander in Bagshot, which he is to deliver to the sheriff of Windsor (sic.) to
answer etc., until etc.

286

11 Sept.
Painscastle. Concerning the
castle and
forest of St. Briavels
. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the
castle and
forest of St. Briavels
and to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise.

287

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the sheriff of
Kent that notwithstanding the
king’s order made to him to commit the custody of
the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to Ranulf le Breton, he is to take the said
archbishopric into the king’s hand without delay with all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to it,
together with the lands formerly of William of
Eynsford, and he is to
cause them to be kept safely in the king’s hand with the
constable of
Dover
, whom the king has commanded to keep the said archbishopric and the aforesaid
lands formerly of William along with him, so that they
answer at the Exchequer, until the king orders otherwise.

288

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the constable of Dover to attend to this diligently with him.

289

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. Order to the knights, free men and others
holding of the aforesaid archbishopric, and to those who held of the aforesaid W. of
Eynsford, to be intendant and respondent to the same sheriff and constable in all that
pertains to the aforesaid archbisopric and the aforesaid lands.

290

11 Sept.
Painscastle. Concerning the custody of lands and
heirs of W. of Eynsford. John de Burgh has made fine with the king by 700 m. for having custody of the lands and heirs of W. of Eynsford, with the marriage
of the same heirs, whose custody pertains to the king by reason of the
archbishopric of Canterbury being
vacant
and in the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to cause John to have full
seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the same William in his
bailiwick.

291

Concerning the custody of lands and
heirs of W. of Eynsford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire and
Huntingdonshire
.

292

For John son of
Robert. The king has granted to John son of Robert that, of the 80 m. which
are exacted from him at the Exchequer for several debts
and which he was bound to render at Michaelmas
shortly forthcoming in the fifteenth year, he may render 40 m. at these
terms, namely 20 m. at Michaelmas aforesaid and 20 m. at Easter in the sixteenth
year, and he may have peace this year from the remainder of those 80 m. and of the
other debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer, namely until Michaelmas
in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus.

293

For John son of
Robert.
Order to the sheriff of Northumberland to permit the same John to have peace
from the remainder of the aforesaid 80 m.
similarly and of the other debts that are exacted from him at the Exchequer, as
aforesaid.

294

12 Sept.
Painscastle. For the count of Aumale. The king has granted to W. count of
Aumale that part of the
manor of Pocklington
with appurtenances which is in his hand, to have and hold from the king and
his heirs to the count and his heirs, rendering £30 every year to the king and
his heirs, namely £15 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and £15 at the Exchequer of
Easter for all services, so that, with the aforesaid £30, the earl is to render from
fixed rent what was accustomed to be rendered
every year at the Exchequer, at the same Exchequer at which he used to render them by
the hand of the sheriff of Yorkshire, over and above the £24 which used to be
rendered at the Exchequer for the farm of the same
land, as the count says. Order to the sheriff of
Yorkshire to cause the count to have full seisin of the aforesaid part with
appurtenances without delay and, diligent inquisition having been taken as to how much used to be rendered to the king
from the aforesaid land each year from fixed rent at the Exchequer, he is to certify
the king without delay.

295

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. The king has committed the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury to Ralph de Trubleville and W. de Kirkham, dean of St.
Martin’s, London, to keep for as long as it pleases
the king, so that they answer for the issues of the
same at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of
Kent that notwithstanding the command
that the king first made to him to commit the lands, rents and possessions of the same archbishopric to Ranulf le Breton, and notwithstanding the second
command by which the king committed the aforesaid to the sheriff and the
constable of
Dover
to keep, he is to cause Ralph and Walter
to have full seisin of the aforesaid lands and possessions, as aforesaid.

296

Concerning the custody of the archbishopric of Canterbury. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Surrey and
Sussex
and
Middlesex
and the constable of Dover, notwithstanding that the king committed the
aforesaid custody to him and the sheriff of Kent.

297

Concerning the
abbey of St. Augustine,
Canterbury
. The king has similarly also committed to the same Ralph and Walter the
vacant
abbey of St. Augustine,
Canterbury
, to keep for as long as it pleases him. Order to the same sheriff to cause them to have full seisin of all lands etc.

298

Concerning the
abbey of St. Augustine,
Canterbury
. Order, by letters patent, to the knights and free men of the same
archbishopric
and the knights and free men of the same abbey to be intendant and respondent to
them in this.

299

Concerning the
abbey of St. Augustine,
Canterbury
. Order to
Walter de Kirkham
to intend to this with the aforesaid Ralph.

300

15 Sept.
Painscastle. For Fulk fitz
Warin. The king has granted to Fulk fitz Warin that he may render 50 m., which he ought to have rendered at Easter in the fifteenth
year of the fine he made with him for the
park of Alveston
, at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days in the same year. Order
to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit him to have that term.

301

For Hugh de Vaux. The king has pardoned to Hugh de Vaux, in aid of
his ransom, 30 m. of the 40 m. which he ought
to have rendered at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, so that
he renders the remaining 10 m. at the aforesaid Exchequer. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Hugh to be quit of the
aforesaid 30 m., as aforesaid.

302

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire to place in respite the demand of 100s.
that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
the men of the
manor of Carlton in
Lindrick
, which is in the hand of John
Wascelin’, for the last tallage assessed on them, until three weeks
from Michaelmas in the thirteenth year (sic.), so that it may be inquired then
whether the king pardoned those 100s. to John, as they say, or not.

303

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for debt that they make from
Robert son of Nicholas by summons of the Exchequer, until three weeks from
Michaelmas in the fifteenth year.

304

22 Sept.
Almeley. For
Roger
la Zouche
. The king has given
Roger la Zouche
respite from rendering his account from the time he was the sheriff of
Devon until the octaves of Martinmas in the
sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to permit him to have that respite.

305

23 Sept.
Hereford. Concerning respite of a demand. The king has given respite to Phillip de
Columbariis from the
demand of 41 m. that he makes from him by summons of the
Exchequer for the prest of
Ireland
,
Wales
and
Scotland
, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year. Order to the sheriffs of
Kent and
Somerset
1
to permit him to have peace in the meantime.

1.

‘Somerset’ interlined.

306

25 Sept.
Hereford. Concerning having amercements at the
Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire, as he
loves himself and all of his own, to have all amercements contained in the roll of
the eyre of S. of
Seagrave and his
associates, which Stephen will deliver to him sealed with his seal, at the Exchequer on the morrow of All Souls.
He should know that unless he does this the king will take that money from the farm of his county from the first monies.

307

[No date].
Berkshire. Edward of Garford, Emma de
Bradebroc’ and
Ralph French give the king 20s. for having a
pone before the justices at Westminster, of the plea that is in the county court of Berkshire
between them and the abbot of
Abingdon
concerning livestock taken from
them. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire etc.

308

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place
in respite the demand he makes from Herbert
son of Matthew for the debts that Matthew son of Herbert, his
father, owed to the king, until three weeks from Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year.

309

28 Sept.
Hereford. Concerning respite of an
account. The king has given the sheriff of Yorkshire respite
from rendering his account until 15 days from Hilary in the sixteenth year.
Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him
to have that respite.

310

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in
respite the demand of 20 m. that he makes by summons
of the Exchequer from the men of Weston for the fine they made with the king, until the king orders
otherwise.

311

For the executors of the testament of W. Marshal. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until one month from Easter in the
sixteenth year, the account of the executors of the testament of W. Marshal
junior, formerly earl of Pembroke, for the debts that the earl owed the king, one of whose executors is John Marshal, who has set out towards the parts of
Ireland to receive the dower of the countess of Pembroke there by the king’s order and to do other things
for the king.

312

Concerning respite of a
demand. The king has given respite to Thomas de Balinghem from the 10 m. which he ought to have rendered
to him at Michaelmas in the fifteenth year of the debts of the Jews, until Easter in the sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that
respite.

313

27 Sept.
Hereford. Concerning the scutage of the
archbishopric
. Order to W. de Kirkham etc. and Ralph de Trubleville, keepers of the
archbishopric of
Canterbury
, to cause scutage to be collected from the knights’ fees that are held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, namely 20s.
per shield for the army of Painscastle.

314

[No date].
For Gilbert
Basset. Gilbert Basset gives the
king 300 m. for having the £15 of rent that Alan Basset, his father, was
accustomed to render each year at the Exchequer for the
manor of Berwick
, which Alan had of the gift of King John etc., Gilbert and
his heirs holding from the king and his heirs forever by rendering a mewed sparrowhawk each year for all services.

315

1 Oct.
Hereford. For Roger de Quincy. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of 140 m. that they make from
Roger de Quincy for the prest of Ireland from the time of King John etc., until Hilary in the sixteenth
year.

316

Concerning the account of the
sheriff of Gloucestershire. Because otherwise below. Because
W. de Putot, sheriff of Gloucestershire
, cannot personally attend at present to rendering his account at the Exchequer on account of the business that the
king has enjoined upon him, order to the barons of the
Exchequer to receive
Peter of Badgeworth
, who the sheriff has put in his place to render the aforesaid account, and, if
the aforesaid account can be rendered speedily by the same Peter, then they are to
cast the sum and cause the due and accustomed faith to be respited until William’s
arrival at the Exchequer. If, however, having heard the account, they cannot cast the
sum of that account, they are not to proceed until William can personally cast that
sum.1

Membrane 1

Concerning the account of the
sheriff of Gloucestershire. Because
W. de Putot, sheriff of Gloucestershire
, cannot personally attend at present to rendering his account at the Exchequer on account of the business that the
king enjoined upon him, order to the barons of the
Exchequer to receive
Peter of Badgeworth
, who the sheriff has put in his place to render the aforesaid account and if,
having heard that account, they judge it expedient, they shall proceed to cast the sum
of that account, and the faith to be given for the lawful rendering of that account
they shall place in respite until the arrival of
the aforesaid sheriff at the Exchequer. If it is not expedient that they cast
the sum of the same account, having heard that account, they are to place in respite
the sum and the aforesaid faith until the arrival of the aforesaid sheriff at the
Exchequer.

318

1 Oct.
Hereford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite, until the king’s first arrival in the
parts of London after Michaelmas in the
fifteenth year, the demand of 10 m. that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Drogo de
Barentin and John de Plessetis for the debt that Hugh de Maulnay and Peter de
Maulnay owed to the king, and the
demand of 20½ m. that they make from the same Drogo and John by summons of the
Exchequer for the prest made to them.

319

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

320

The king has given respite to
John of Flegg, formerly sheriff of Herefordshire
, from rendering his account, until the octaves of Martinmas in the
sixteenth year. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

321

[No date].
Hamo of Hereford, Jew
, has made fine1 with the king by £100 so that he is quit of tallages pertaining to the
king for five years from Michaelmas in the fifteenth year, on condition that he
renders 100 m. to the king in each of the aforesaid years for quittance from the
aforesaid tallages.2

1.

Corrected from ‘gives’.

2.

Entry inserted towards the right-hand edge of the membrane,
squeezed between surrounding entries, and in a seemingly darker ink.

322

2 Oct.
Ledbury. Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to take into the king’s hand all lands
and tenements in his bailiwick formerly of Nicholas de Verdun, who is
dead, and to keep them safely so that nothing is removed until the king orders
otherwise.

323

Concerning lands to be taken into
the king’s hand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Shropshire and
Buckinghamshire
.

324

5 Oct.
Evesham. For Geoffrey
Despenser. The king has given respite, until Hilary in the
sixteenth year, to Geoffrey Despenser
from the 50 m. which he was bound to render to him at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in
the fifteenth year. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

325

4 Oct.
Evesham. Concerning scutage to be
collected. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to have at the Exchequer in the octaves
of Martinmas in the sixteenth year the scutage from all knights’ fees that are held of the king in chief, namely 20s. per shield for
the king’s army of Painscastle, concerning which the king did not order that he was to
cause those who hold those fees in chief to have their scutage, or concerning which he
did not receive a command from the king otherwise so that he has his warrant.

326

Concerning scutage to be
collected. It is written in the same manner to:

[No date].
Yorkshire. Beatrice daughter of
Lithulf and William son of
Elias give the king half a mark
for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an
assize of mort d’ancestor taken before S.
of Seagrave and his
associates against William de Wyles
, concerning a toft in Newhouse.

328

11 Oct.
Windsor. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite, until Hilary in the sixteenth year, the
demand of 10 m. that they make from Bartholomew
Peche for the debt he owes the king of the fine made with him for having custody of the land and heirs of Eustace de Fercles.

329

17 Oct.
Westminster. For the archbishop of York. The king has granted to W. archbishop of York
that he may collect his scutage from the knights’
fees he holds of him in chief, namely 20s. per shield for the army of
Painscastle, and he is to
answer at the Exchequer by his hand on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fifteenth year
(sic.). Order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire,
Gloucestershire
,
Leicestershire
,
Lincolnshire
and
Nottinghamshire
to permit the same archbishop to collect the aforesaid scutage and to answer by his hand at the Exchequer, as
aforesaid.

330

From here etc.

331

Concerning scutages due to the
king from several people, to be collected by their hand. It is written under the same form to:

the sheriff of Sussex for the bishop of Chichester that he may collect his scutage by his
hand, so that he answers at the Exchequer without
term.the sheriff of Northamptonshire for the same, concerning collecting
scutage by his hand from the knights’ fees that the son and heir of Roger of
Torpel, who is in his custody, ought to hold from the
abbot of
Peterborough
in chief etc., and concerning the knights’ fees that the
son and heir of Brian de Mare, who is in his
custody, ought to hold from the abbot of Peterborough, and that the abbot holds of
the king in chief.the sheriff of Lincolnshire for the same bishop, concerning the
scutage etc. from the knights’ fees that are held of the wardships which are in his hand, so that he answers
etc.1

1.

This sub-entry is squeezed in before those following.

332

Concerning scutages due to the
king from several people, to be collected by their hand. It is written in the same manner to:

the sheriffs of Essex and
Hertfordshire,
Cambridgeshire
,
Lancaster
, and Norfolk and
Suffolk for Matilda de Lucy, concerning collecting her scutage from the
knights’ fees she holds of him and rendering at the Exchequer in the octaves of
Martinmas.the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk and
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
for the bishop of Ely, concerning collecting his scutage and rendering
it on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriff of Cornwall
and Devon for the abbot of
Tavistock
on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk,
Kent
, Essex and Hertfordshire,
Middlesex
, Cambridgeshire and
Northamptonshire
for Robert fitz Walter,
and the sheriff of Cornwall for the same, on the morrow of St. Andrew.the sheriffs of Middlesex,
Buckinghamshire
,
Surrey
and
Berkshire
for the bishop of Chichester, concerning collecting scutage by his hand
from the knights’ fees that the son and heir of Duncan de Lacelles, who is in his custody, ought to hold of the king.the sheriffs of Lincolnshire,
Leicestershire
, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, concerning
collecting the scutages of Henry of Braybrooke by his hand and rendering
them in the octaves of Martinmas.

333

[No date].
Suffolk. Thomas son of Walter gives the king
half a mark for having a pone
against Walter of Rickinghall and against Ivo of Knettishall, concerning land in Rickinghall. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk to take etc.

334

For Henry son of
Nicholas. Henry son of Nicholas has made fine
with the king by 50 m. for having the custody of the
land and heirs of John Belet until the legal age of the
heirs, with their marriage, and with the marriage
of
Mabel, who was the wife of the
aforesaid John
. Order to the sheriff
of Surrey to cause him as his heir
to have full seisin of all lands formerly of John in his bailiwick of which he died
seised, and of his heirs if they will be found in
his bailiwick, as aforesaid.

335

For Henry son of
Nicholas. The same Henry gives the king 1 m. for having his letters patent.

336

For Henry son of
Nicholas. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of
Dorset.

337

For Henry son of
Nicholas. Order to Mabel, who was the wife of the aforesaid John, to be intendant to the
same Henry in that which pertains to him by reason of the aforesaid custody, so that
she does not presume to marry without his licence and will.

338

20 Oct.
Westminster. For the bishop of Winchester, concerning the manor of Titchfield. By the fine of £500 which P. bishop of Winchester made with him, for
which he has satisfied him at the Exchequer, the king has given and granted his
manor of Titchfield to the bishop in
order to found there a certain
religious house
of the order of the canons of St.
Augustine.1
Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause
the same bishop to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as
aforesaid.

1.

Sic. Titchfield was a Premonstratensian foundation.

339

23 Oct.
Westminster. For Rose de
Verdun. Rose, daughter and heiress of
Nicholas de Verdun, has made fine with the king by 700 m.
for her relief and
for having seisin of all lands formerly of Nicholas
on the day he died, which fall to her by hereditary right
, and that she is not distrained to marry,
on condition, indeed, that if she will wish to be married she may not do this without
the will and licence of the king, and therefore the king has taken her homage. Rose is to
render 175 m. of which 700 m. to the king at the Exchequer at Easter in the
sixteenth year, 175 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, 175 m. at Easter in the
seventeenth year, and 175 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to cause Rose to have full seisin without
delay of all lands formerly of Nicholas in his bailiwick on the day he died, which
fall to her by inheritance.

340

For Rose de
Verdun. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Oxfordshire
,
Lincolnshire
,
Staffordshire
and the justiciar of Ireland, excepting the terms.

341

For Gilbert de Sampford. Gilbert de Sampford has made fine with the king by 40 m. for his relief of the lands formerly of John de Sampford, his father, whose heir he is, which fall to him by inheritance.
Order to the sheriff of Essex and
Hertfordshire that, having
accepted security from Gilbert for rendering the aforesaid 40 m. to the king, he is
to cause him to have full seisin of all aforesaid lands in his bailiwick.

342

For the bishop of Carlisle, concerning the manor
of Harrow. The king has committed the manor of Harrow with appurtenances, which is of the
vacant archbishopric of
Canterbury
, to W. bishop of Carlisle to keep for as long as it
pleases the king, answering for the issues of
the manor at the Exchequer, provided that,
notwithstanding this, the demesnes of the
same manor are cultivated and sown as they are in other manors of the
archbishopric by
W. de Kirkham etc., keeper of the archbishopric
, and the houses there are to be sustained.
Order to the same keeper to cause the same bishop to
have full seisin of the aforesaid manor with appurtenances, as aforesaid.

343

For the bishop of Carlisle, concerning the manor
of Harrow. Order, by letters patent, to all men of the
same manor1 to be intendant and respondent
to him in all that pertains to the aforesaid manor.

1.

Corrected from ‘archbishopric’.

344

[No date].
For the abbess
of
St. Edward
. The abbess of
St. Edward
has the king’s grant that she may
collect her scutage of Painscastle
and answer by her hand in the octaves of St. Andrew in
the counties of Somerset and Dorset, Wiltshire
and Sussex.1

1.

A mid-fourteenth century
footnote at the bottom of this membrane reads ‘FINES DE ANNO REGIS HENRICI
QUINTODECIMO XV°’.